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HoldUnloved QualityAI screen passH.B. Fuller Company · Basic Materials · United States · $2.7B cap · $45.3M/day traded
$49.13 -1.0% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
StockRank down 1.2 since 24 Oct.
Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap; the market has not turned yet.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) is 64/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 60, Value 60, Momentum 39, each scored against its sector).
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H.B. Fuller clears the calibrated bar. All three legs are above the floor (Q62 V56 M64) and an active buyback provides the required corroboration. Nothing adverse is on file: no insider selling, and the forward-EPS consensus was revised up 3.5%. Industrial adhesives is a formulation business with reasonable pricing power and a diversified end-market base spanning packaging, hygiene and construction.
The ranks quoted here are from the day it was written; today's Quality, Value and Momentum are the bars above.
ABOUT H.B. FULLER COMPANY
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H.B. Fuller Company is a leading global formulator and manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, and other specialty chemical products for diverse industries including packaging, hygiene, construction, electronics, and automotive. The company's competitive moat stems from its extensive R&D capabilities, broad product portfolio customized for complex applications, and deep customer relationships across a wide geographic footprint. H.B. Fuller is a pure-play global adhesives specialist, providing critical bonding solutions that enable innovation across various end-markets.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.7B | 3.5B | 3.6B | 3.5B | -2.5% | 3.6B | 3.6B | 3.9B | 5.5% |
| EPS | 3.37 | 2.67 | 2.37 | 2.78 | -6.2% | 3.59 | 3.18 | 3.38 | 10.2% |
| Shares | 53.7M | 54.1M | 54.7M | 54.2M | +0.9% | 53.8M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 1.8B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 4.9% | 2.2B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 7.6% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 256.5M | 378.4M | 302.4M | 263.5M | 0.9% | 289.4M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -375.3M | -319.2M | -407.1M | -232.2M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 160.3M | 35.1M | 112.1M | -107.9M | — | — | — | — | — |
No new 52-week low for 4 weeks, 6% above that low, but not back above a rising 50-day average.
Calmer than 65% of stocks we rank over the past year (34% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Basic Materials, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of FUL are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUL | H.B. Fuller Company(you) | $2.7B | 64 | Hold |
| KWR | Quaker Chemical Corporation | $2.7B | 67 | Buy |
| WDFC | WD-40 Company | $2.9B | 68 | Buy |
| NGVT | Ingevity Corporation | $2.4B | 69 | Buy |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | $3.3B | 76 | Buy |
| SXT | Sensient Technologies Corporation | $5.6B | 61 | Hold |
| BCPC | Balchem Corporation | $5.6B | 69 | Buy |
| MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc. | $2.0B | 47 | Hold |
| CBT | Cabot Corporation | $3.8B | 80 | Strong Buy |
| SCL | Stepan Company | $1.5B | 75 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 0.6% · P/E 20.4x · Gross margin 27.2%
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