Is H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) Stock a Good Buy for Short-term Investors?

A share price of H.B. Fuller Company [FUL] is currently trading at $54.32, up 0.91%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FUL shares have gain 1.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.13%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

H.B. Fuller Company [NYSE: FUL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 05, 2025, when Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, Vertical Research downgraded its rating to Hold on January 06, 2025. On March 19, 2024, Vertical Research initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $88 on the stock. Robert W. Baird downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $80 on October 17, 2023. Citigroup initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $78 as its price target on September 11, 2023. Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on February 03, 2023, and upped its price target to $85. In a note dated June 24, 2022, JP Morgan downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $70 to $52.

H.B. Fuller Company experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $52.59 and $87.67. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $85.6 within the next 12 months. H.B. Fuller Company [NYSE: FUL] shares were valued at $54.32 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 57.58% based on the average FUL price forecast.

Analyzing the FUL fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for H.B. Fuller Company [NYSE:FUL] were 3.57B which represents 2.26% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.0.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 53.73 points at the first support level, and at 53.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 54.77, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 55.23.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for H.B. Fuller Company [NYSE:FUL] is 1.81. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.16, while the Cash Ratio is 0.24. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.82, the price to book ratio is 1.62 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.65.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Du Xinyu, Sr. VP, Global R&D, that happened on Jan 27 ’25 when 240.0 shares were sold. Sr. VP, Global R&D, Du Xinyu completed a deal on Jan 28 ’25 to sell 69.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Du Xinyu bought 69.0 shares on Jan 28 ’25.

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