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H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) closed the day trading at $53.95 up 0.97% from the previous closing price of $53.43. In other words, the price has increased by $0.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.71 million shares were traded. FUL stock price reached its highest trading level at $54.15 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $53.125.
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 17.26 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 17.91. 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 2923507456 and an Enterprise Value of 4913349632. As of this moment, H.B.’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.86. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.96. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.61. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.377 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.805.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FUL is 1.29, which has changed by -0.32206583 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 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 -9.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.63%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FUL traded about 458.60K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FUL traded about 560820 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 99.08% stake in the company. Shares short for FUL as of 1740700800 were 1456406 with a Short Ratio of 3.18, compared to 1738281600 on 1287098. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1456406 and a Short% of Float of 3.7600000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
FUL’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.89, up from 0.873 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.016339136The 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.
