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Profile - H.B. Fuller Company (NasdaqNM:FULL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Aug 10Dividend payment of $0.215
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Location
1200 Willow Lake Boulevard
P.O. Box 64683
Vadnais Heights, MN 55110
Phone: (651) 236-5900
Fax: (651) 236-5161
Employees (last reported count): 5,200
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 8%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 7,000  shares (0.6% of insider shares)
 · 2 insider sells; 13.0K shares
  (1.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 60% (65% of float)
(255 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 377.0K shares (+4.25%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
H.B. Fuller Company is a manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints and other specialty chemical products. The Company has manufacturing operations in 23 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia/Pacific region. Its products, in thousands of formulations, are sold to customers in a wide range of industries, including packaging, woodworking, automotive, aerospace, graphic arts (books/magazines), appliances, filtration, windows, sporting goods, non-wovens, shoes and ceramic tile. The Company generally markets its products through a direct sales force, with independent distributors used in some markets.
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Financial Summary
FULL produces specialty chemical products which include formulating, compounding, and marketing adhesives, sealants, paints, and related chemicals. For the 26 weeks ended 6/02/01, sales fell 6% to $635.4 million. Net income fell 37% to $17.4 million. Revenues reflect reduced volume and negative impact from foreign currency weakness and the slowdown of U.S. economy. Earnings reflect declined operating margins in all five segments due to higher raw material and energy costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Albert Stroucken, 53
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$807K--  
James Conaty, 53
Pres and CEO of EFTEC North America LLC, Latin America, SA, and HB Fuller Automotive
--  --  
Raymond Tucker, 55
Sr. VP and CFO
326K--  
Lars Carlson, 63
Sr. VP-Manufacturing Integration
335K$152K
Alan Longstreet, 54
Sr. VP-Performance Products
333K--  
Dollar amounts are as of 2-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:FULLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 28-Sep-2000
$28.125
Recent Price$53.67 
52-Week High
on 19-July-2001
$54.68 
Beta0.14 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)58.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)53.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+52.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+104.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$758.1M
Shares Outstanding14.1M
Float13.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.86 
Dividend Yield1.60%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 2-June-1992
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$29.40 
Earnings (ttm)$2.77 
Earnings (mrq)$0.84 
Sales (ttm)$93.06 
Cash (mrq*)$0.60 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)1.83 
Price/Earnings (ttm)19.40 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.58 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.31B
EBITDA (ttm*)$137.3M
Income available to common (ttm)$39.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 2
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
2-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.81%
Return on Equity (ttm)9.66%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)2.04 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.67 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.48M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short237.0K
Percent of Float1.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
227.0K
Short Ratio4.39 
Daily Volume54.0K
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