Fuller H B Co. FUL
What this company does
Written from the business description in FULLER H B CO's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 22 January 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +4.5% a year over five years — but profit grew slower: net income at +4.2%, earnings per share at +3.1%.
The share count rose from 0.05B to 0.05B over the period.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 8 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Operating income $B | · | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| EBITDA $B | · | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Income tax $B | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0 |
| Net income $B | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Free cash flow $B | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 2.75 | 2.30 | 2.59 | 3.26 | 2.97 | 2.36 | 2.52 | 3.29 | 1.15 | 2.37 | 1.69 | 0.97 | 1.89 | 2.48 | 1.79 | 1.43 | 1.70 | 0.36 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.26 |
| Payout % | 33 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 50 | 23 | 30 | 46 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 71 |
| ROE % | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 14.1 | · |
| Shares out B | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 7 checks could not be computed.