FULH.B. Fuller Company
Is it safe?
Strong, no red flags: clean books, quality strong, and insiders buying.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Multiple insiders bought with their own money (net +$528K, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026).
Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -56% · now 26% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Nov 29, 2025.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can FUL take a bad year?
The deepest fall in FUL's price history on file is −56%; it is 26% below its high today.
Net debt · as at Q3 2026 · debt less the cash on hand
- Debt / equity
- 0.95×
Debt / equity
- Annualised volatility
- 34%
Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself
- Worst drawdown on file
- −56%
Worst drawdown on file · −26% today
Details›
- Total debtQ3 2026
- $2.05B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $97M
- Net debt
- $1.96B
- Debt / equity
- 0.95×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 34%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −56%
- Below its 52-week high
- 26%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Specialty Chemicals
Ranks #14 of 33 by RyuScore