What is H.B. Fuller Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?
H.B. Fuller Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $5,150 Mil.
H.B. Fuller Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was $297 Mil. H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 5.76%.
The historical rank and industry rank for H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:
FUL'
s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.04 Med: 5.81 Max: 8.38
Current: 5.92
During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of H.B. Fuller Co was 8.38%. The lowest was 2.04%. And the median was 5.81%.
FUL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than 62.51% of 1587
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 3.87
vs FUL: 5.92
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. H.B. Fuller Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 10.28%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.
H.B. Fuller Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data
The historical data trend for H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:
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H.B. Fuller Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where H.B. Fuller Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.
H.B. Fuller Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation
In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.
H.B. Fuller Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2024 is calculated as
H.B. Fuller Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $297 Mil.
H.B. Fuller Co (NYSE:FUL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation
Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.
Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.
Be Aware
Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.
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H.B. Fuller Co manufactures and sells adhesives, sealants, and other chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives, Engineering Adhesives and Construction Adhesives. It generates the maximum revenue from hygiene, health and consumable adhesives. This segment produces and supplies a full range of specialty industrial adhesives such as thermoplastic, thermoset, reactive, water-based and solvent-based products for applications in various markets, including packaging , converting, nonwoven and hygiene (disposable diapers, feminine care and medical garments) and health and beauty. The company generates around half of its revenue in the United States.
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