FUL FULLER H B CO
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 4/4 quarters. Q3 2025: $18M, Q2 2025: $16M, Q1 2025: $6M, Q3 2024: $0M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $18M vs trailing avg $7M (+141%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.
Negative FCF ($-196M), cannot compute buyback ratio
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 0 shares = 0.0% of 54,657,103 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
2 open-market purchases by 2 insiders
- East James J. (Executive Vice President, HHC) bought 31 shares at $58.62 on 2025-09-26
- Mastin Celeste Beeks (President and CEO) bought 3,500 shares at $56.66 on 2025-04-01
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?
Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters
Insider Net Direction
Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $2M (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 10.1x more than bought. 1 C-suite officers among sellers
- Corkrean John J (Executive VP and CFO) sold 14,222 shares on 2025-10-27