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How good a business is FUL?
H.B. Fuller Company keeps 5.3% of every revenue dollar as profit after everything, against 5.2% for the median Specialty Chemicals name.
5.3%
Net margin · Specialty Chemicals median 5.2% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 0.76×
Cash conversion · 1.14× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- +0.21%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- Gross margin
- 32%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 7.8% |
| FY2021 | 7.7% |
| FY2022 | 8.6% |
| FY2023 | 10% |
| FY2024 | 9.8% |
| FY2025 | 18% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 32%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 5.3%
- Free cash flow margin
- 4.0%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.51B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $141M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $186M
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Specialty Chemicals
Ranks #25 of 36 by Smart Score