profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
H.B. Fuller
$49.47-2.33% today
-14.5% in 1 year
1-year low $49.131-year high $67.49
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $17.52 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What H.B. Fuller sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.75 billion in 2022 to $3.47 billion in 2025, with $152 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
H.B. Fuller handed back 92% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $61M$50M
Free cash flow 2025$121M
Bought back its own shares$61M
Paid as dividends$50M
Cash vs. debt$107M vs. $2.1B
H.B. Fuller vs. similar companies
H.B. Fuller grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.B. Fuller | 17.5× · Fair price | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.1× · Fair price | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads H.B. Fuller's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,749 | 3,511 | 3,569 | 3,474 | |
| 964 | 1,009 | 1,062 | 1,081 | |
| 350 | 375 | 364 | 378 | |
| 490 | 529 | 490 | 527 | |
| 180 | 145 | 130 | 152 | |
| 3.26 | 2.59 | 2.30 | 2.75 | |
| 25.7% | 28.7% | 29.8% | 31.1% | |
| 9.3% | 10.7% | 10.2% | 10.9% | |
| 4.8% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,464 | 4,724 | 4,933 | 5,183 |
| Cash | 80 | 179 | 169 | 107 |
| Total debt | 1,800 | 1,903 | 2,075 | 2,076 |
| Total liabilities | 2,853 | 2,968 | 3,103 | 3,180 |
| 1,610 | 1,755 | 1,829 | 2,003 | |
| 55 | 56 | 57 | 55 | |
| 8.0% | 8.0% | 6.4% | 6.8% | |
| 11.2% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 378 | 302 | 263 | |
| 130 | 119 | 139 | 142 | |
| 127 | 259 | 163 | 121 | |
| Dividends paid | 39 | 43 | 48 | 50 |
| 4 | 3 | 40 | 61 | |
| 24 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
Valuation
- 17.5×
- 10.5×
- –
- 1.7×
- 0.8×
- 22.0×
- 8.8×
- 4.6%
- 5.7%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 31.1%
- 10.9%
- 4.4%
- 14.3%
- 6.0%
- 4.3%
- 8.1%
- 3.1%
- 8.5%
- –
Growth
- −2.5%
- −5.5%
- −25.7%
- +7.5%
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 4.0×
- 1.01
- 39.8%
- 2.9×
- 1.92
- 1.15
- 0.66
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 47%of 990
Top 48%of 959
Top 41%of 784
Bottom 28%of 941
Top 33%of 989
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $73.33
- Range
- $63.00 – $84.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | 0.57 | 0.56 | +1.8% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 1.28 | 1.24 | +3.2% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 1.26 | 1.24 | +1.6% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 1.18 | 1.10 | +7.3% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.49 | +9.4% |
| Jan 15, 2025 | 0.92 | 1.24 | −25.8% |
| Sep 25, 2024 | 1.13 | 1.23 | −8.1% |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 1.12 | 1.03 | +8.7% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+7.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.51 in 2015 → $0.93 in 2025
How safe it looks
33.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 41.5%
News
The TSX Climbed More Than 2% Today, but Canada's Earnings Season Tells a Fuller StoryYahoo Finance · Nov 4, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
37No pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
32No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
35No pass
Charlie Munger
27No pass
Terry Smith
25No pass
Questions about H.B. Fuller
Is H.B. Fuller a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the H.B. Fuller AI analysis
What does H.B. Fuller do?
H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products worldwide. It is in Chemicals - Specialty, based in Saint Paul, MN, United States, with 7,100 employees.
Does H.B. Fuller pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 33% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $50.3 million in dividends.
Is H.B. Fuller stock halal?
No. H.B. Fuller does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 78% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has H.B. Fuller stock done over the past year?
Down 14.5% over the past twelve months, to $49.47. It traded between $49.13 and $67.49 and is 26.7% below its high.
Who are H.B. Fuller's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, LyondellBasell Industries, DuPont de Nemours and International Flavors & Fragrances. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with H.B. Fuller's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.