FUL PEER ANALYSIS

H B Fuller Company — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

FULH B Fuller Company

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

FULIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	FUL	SASA	DNL	IMCD	ORI	BNR	Ind. Median
P/E	17.21●	—	—	22.50	44.06	35.37	27.59
P/B	1.53	0.60●	1.70	2.40	2.96	1.80	1.79
EV/EBITDA	10.07	25.62	12.46	12.21	9.68	9.25●	12.38
P/S	0.91	1.70	1.84	1.02	1.37	0.55●	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	FUL	SASA	DNL	IMCD	ORI	BNR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.80●	0.63	1.27	1.73	1.31	1.74	1.87
Debt/Equity	99.5%	83.7%	39.7%●	83.4%	86.9%	75.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.83	14.70	2.15	2.81	1.77●	2.31	2.15

Profitability
Metric	FUL	SASA	DNL	IMCD	ORI	BNR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.3%●	-36.0%	4.5%	4.5%	3.1%	1.5%	3.5%
ROE	9.4%	-14.4%	3.8%	10.2%●	6.1%	5.0%	4.4%
ROA	3.6%	-7.1%	2.2%	4.6%●	2.5%	2.0%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	14.6%	15.6%	17.8%●	10.9%	17.3%	7.9%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	FUL	SASA	DNL	IMCD	ORI	BNR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.6%	4.0%●	-16.6%	1.2%	1.8%	-9.5%	1.2%
NI Growth	80.2%	—	—	-21.8%	155.6%●	-56.9%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.7%	0.0%	3.6%●	2.2%	2.5%	3.4%	1.5%
Payout	27.7%	0.0%	126.7%	58.4%	107.9%	132.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	FUL	WDFC	ASH	AVNT	HWKN	CC	Ind. Median
P/E	17.21●	42.23	—	22.19	34.87	—	27.59
P/B	1.53	12.56	1.62	1.46●	5.33	13.20	1.79
EV/EBITDA	10.07●	29.93	—	10.34	17.68	50.50	12.38
P/S	0.91	5.31	1.67	1.07	2.62	0.49●	1.67

Financial Health
Metric	FUL	WDFC	ASH	AVNT	HWKN	CC	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.80	2.83	3.06●	1.77	2.21	1.82	1.87
Debt/Equity	99.5%	41.3%●	79.2%	80.0%	49.0%	2,042.3%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.83	0.53	-3.86●	3.10	1.47	29.00	2.15

Profitability
Metric	FUL	WDFC	ASH	AVNT	HWKN	CC	Ind. Median
Net Margin	5.3%	12.6%●	-39.0%	4.8%	7.5%	-7.1%	3.5%
ROE	9.4%	31.3%●	-31.9%	6.7%	16.4%	-103.5%	4.4%
ROA	3.6%	17.2%●	-14.5%	2.7%	9.2%	-5.6%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	14.6%	18.0%●	-16.3%	14.7%	16.2%	2.3%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	FUL	WDFC	ASH	AVNT	HWKN	CC	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.6%	4.2%	-7.2%	1.3%	11.2%●	0.1%	1.2%
NI Growth	80.2%●	-6.3%	—	58.0%	-3.3%	—	-4.8%
Div. Yield	1.7%	1.6%	2.5%	3.0%●	0.5%	1.7%	1.5%
Payout	27.7%	65.1%	-10.8%	62.9%	19.2%	-13.1%	9.1%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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