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H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) closed the day trading at $57.61 up 6.06% from the previous closing price of $54.32. In other words, the price has increased by $6.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.75 million shares were traded. FUL stock price reached its highest trading level at $57.83 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $53.83.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FUL, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 18.43 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.13. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.16 and its Current Ratio is at 1.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.14 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.13.
On March 19, 2024, Vertical Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $88.Vertical Research initiated its Buy rating on March 19, 2024, with a $88 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 27 ’25 when Du Xinyu sold 240 shares for $63.73 per share. The transaction valued at 15,295 led to the insider holds 2,323 shares of the business.
Du Xinyu sold 69 shares of FUL for $4,394 on Jan 28 ’25. The Sr. VP, Global R&D now owns 2,254 shares after completing the transaction at $63.68 per share. On Jan 28 ’25, another insider, Du Xinyu, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 69 shares for $63.68 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FUL now has a Market Capitalization of 3121839872 and an Enterprise Value of 5243910656. As of this moment, H.B.’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.08, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.58. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.24. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.72. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.478 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.771.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FUL is 1.30, which has changed by -0.27002025 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FUL has reached a high of $87.67, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $52.59. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.64%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FUL traded about 483.76K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FUL traded about 762430 shares per day. A total of 54.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 53.96M. Insiders hold about 0.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.05% stake in the company. Shares short for FUL as of 1741910400 were 1493522 with a Short Ratio of 3.09, compared to 1739491200 on 1441419. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1493522 and a Short% of Float of 3.8599998.
Dividends & Splits
FUL’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.89, up from 0.668 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012297496The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.15. The current Payout Ratio is 37.93% for FUL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1738800000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-08-07 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
