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ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended November 29, 2025.

Fourth Quarter 2025 Noteworthy Items:

• Net revenue was $895 million, down 3.1% year-on-year; adjusting for the flooring divestiture, net revenue was up 0.9% year-on-year;
• Gross margin was 31.5%; adjusted gross margin of 32.5% increased 290 basis points year-on-year driven by favorable pricing and raw material cost actions, the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, and restructuring benefits;
• Net income was $30 million; adjusted EBITDA was $170 million, up 14.6% year-on-year; adjusted EBITDA margin was 19.0%, up 290 basis points year-on-year;
• Reported EPS (diluted) was $0.54; adjusted EPS (diluted) was $1.28, up 39.1% versus the prior year, driven by higher operating income and lower shares outstanding.

Fiscal Year 2025 Noteworthy Items:

• Net revenue was $3.47 billion, down 2.7% year-on-year; adjusting for the flooring divestiture, net revenue was up 1.8% year-on-year;
• Organic revenue was flat year-on-year, driven by 0.8% favorable pricing, offset by 0.8% lower volume;
• Gross margin was 31.1%; adjusted gross margin of 31.7% increased 140 basis points year-on-year, driven by pricing and raw material cost actions, the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, and restructuring benefits;
• Net income was $152 million; adjusted EBITDA was $621 million, up 4.5% year-on-year; adjusted EBITDA margin expanded year-on-year to 17.9%;
• Reported EPS (diluted) was $2.75; adjusted EPS (diluted) was $4.24, up 10.4% year-on-year, driven by higher operating income and lower shares outstanding;
• Net working capital, as a percentage of annualized net revenue, increased 130 basis points year-on-year to 15.8%; cash flow from operations was $263 million.

Summary of Fourth Quarter 2025 Results:

The company’s net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $895 million, down 3.1% versus the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. Organic revenue was down 1.3% year-on-year, with pricing actions increasing organic revenue by 1.2% and volume decreasing organic revenue by 2.5%. Foreign currency translation increased net revenue by 1.0%, and the net impact of acquisitions and divestitures decreased net revenue by 2.8%.

Gross profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $282 million. Adjusted gross profit was $291 million. Adjusted gross profit margin of 32.5% increased 290 basis points year-on-year. The net impact of pricing and raw material cost actions, the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, and targeted cost reduction efforts drove the year-on-year increase in adjusted gross profit margin.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense was $184 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 and adjusted SG&A was $174 million, down modestly year-on-year driven by continued cost saving efforts and lower variable compensation.

Net income attributable to H.B. Fuller for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $30 million. Adjusted net income attributable to H.B. Fuller for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $71 million. Adjusted EPS was $1.28 per diluted share, up 39.1% year-on-year.

Adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $170 million, up 14.6% year-on-year, driven principally by the net impact of pricing and raw material cost actions. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 290 basis points year-on-year to 19.0%.

“Our execution and agility in the quarter and throughout the year generated double‑digit EPS growth and EBITDA at the top end of our full year guidance range amidst an unpredictable economic backdrop and challenging demand landscape,” said Celeste Mastin, president and CEO. “During this time, we helped our customers navigate this environment successfully—providing them with material optionality and flexibility while ensuring consistent quality and reliable availability wherever in the world they chose to make their products. These efforts, which strengthened our partnerships and enhanced H.B. Fuller’s competitive positioning, are reflected in our improved profitability and sustained margin expansion.

“As a result, we are exiting the fourth quarter with strong momentum heading into 2026 and are firmly on track to achieve our target of greater than 20% EBITDA margin. I am very proud of our team’s resolve, resourcefulness, and the meaningful progress we made in 2025 as we continue transforming H.B. Fuller into a higher‑growth, higher‑margin company.”

Balance Sheet and Working Capital:

Net debt at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 was $1,910 million, down $48 million sequentially versus the third quarter and up $68 million year-on-year. Net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA of 3.1X was down sequentially from 3.3X versus the previous quarter, and down from 3.5X in the first quarter.

Net working capital in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 declined $41 million sequentially versus the third quarter. As a percentage of annualized net revenue, net working capital decreased 120 basis points versus the third quarter. On a year-on-year basis, net working capital increased 130 basis points to 15.8%, due to slightly higher inventory days on hand as we execute our manufacturing footprint optimization.

Fiscal 2026 Outlook:

• Net revenue for fiscal 2026 is expected to be flat to up 2%, with organic revenue expected to be approximately flat versus fiscal 2025;
• Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal 2026 is expected to be in the range of $630 million to $660 million;
• Net revenue for the first quarter of 2026 is expected to be down low single digits; adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2026 is expected to be in the range of $110 million to $120 million;
• Depreciation and amortization expense is expected to be approximately $185 million;
• Net interest expense for fiscal 2026 is expected to be approximately $120 million;
• The core tax rate, excluding the impact of discrete items, is anticipated to be between 26% and 27% in fiscal year 2026;
• Adjusted EPS (diluted) is expected to be in the range of $4.35 to $4.70;
• Fully diluted average share count is expected to be between 55 million and 56 million shares;
• Operating cash flow in fiscal year 2026 is expected to be between $275 million and $300 million;
• Capital expenditures of approximately $160 million are expected in fiscal 2026, which includes approximately $50 million related to the company’s manufacturing footprint consolidation initiative.

Conference Call:

The company will hold a conference call on January 15, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. CT (10:30 a.m. ET) to discuss its results. Interested parties may listen to the conference call on a live webcast. The webcast, along with a supplemental presentation, may be accessed from the company’s website at https://investors.hbfuller.com. Participants must register prior to accessing the webcast using this link and should do so at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call to install and test any necessary software and audio connections. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available from 12:30 p.m. CT on January 15, 2026, to 10:59 p.m. CT on January 22, 2026. To access the telephone replay dial 1-800-770-2030 (toll free) or 1-609-800-9909, and enter Conference ID: 6370505.

Regulation G:

The information presented in this earnings release regarding consolidated and segment organic revenue growth, operating income, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross profit margin, adjusted selling, general and administrative expense, adjusted income before income taxes and income from equity investments, adjusted income taxes, adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA margin, net debt, net debt-to-adjusted EBITDA, trailing twelve months adjusted EBITDA, net working capital, annualized net revenue and net working capital as a percentage of annualized net revenue does not conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and should not be construed as an alternative to the reported results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management has included this non-GAAP information to assist in understanding the operating performance of the company and its operating segments as well as the comparability of results to the results of other companies. The non-GAAP information provided may not be consistent with the methodologies used by other companies. All non-GAAP information is reconciled with reported U.S. GAAP results in the “Regulation G Reconciliation” tables in this press release with the exception of our forward-looking non-GAAP measures contained above in our Fiscal 2026 Outlook, which the company cannot reconcile to forward-looking GAAP results without unreasonable effort.

About H.B. Fuller:

As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2025 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,100 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in 150 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.

Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements:

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements often address expected future business and financial performance, financial condition, and other matters, and often contain words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “opportunity,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “will,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “would” and similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words or phrases. These statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the following: the availability and pricing of raw materials; the impact of potential cybersecurity attacks and security breaches; failures in our information technology systems; the impact on the supply chain, raw material costs and pricing of our products due to military conflict, including between Russia and Ukraine; the impact on our margins and product demand due to inflationary pressures; the substantial amount of debt we have incurred to finance our acquisition of Royal, our ability to repay or refinance our debt or to incur additional debt in the future, our need for a significant amount of cash to service and repay the debt and to pay dividends on our common stock, and the effect of debt covenants that limit the discretion of management in operating the business or in paying dividends; our ability to pay dividends and to pursue growth opportunities if we continue to pay dividends according to our current dividend policy; our ability to effectively manage and realize expected benefits from completed and future mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; our ability to achieve expected synergies, cost savings and operating efficiencies from our restructuring initiatives and operational improvement projects within the expected time frames or at all; our ability to effectively implement Project ONE; uncertain political and economic conditions; fluctuations in product demand; competing products and pricing; our geographic and product mix; disruptions to our relationships with our major customers and suppliers; regulatory compliance across our global footprint; trade policies and economic sanctions impacting our markets; changes in tax laws and tariffs; devaluations and other foreign exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of litigation and investigations, including for product liability and environmental matters; impairment charges on our goodwill or long-lived assets; the consequences of catastrophic events on our operations and financial results; the effect of new accounting pronouncements and accounting charges and credits; and similar matters.

Additional information about these various risks and uncertainties can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K filings, and any updates to the risk factors in our Form 10-Q and 8-K filings with the SEC, but there may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to identify at this time or that we do not currently expect to have a material impact on the business. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.