TTM
32.0%
YoY change
+1.59pp
Trough year (2014)
25.3%
Peak year (1992)
36.9%
Latest annual
31.7%
Gross Margin history chart for H.B. Fuller (FUL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 31.7%
Gross Margin change chart for H.B. Fuller (FUL) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +1.59pp
Gross Margin history table for H.B. Fuller (FUL) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 31.7% | +1.59pp | ||
| 2024 | 30.1% | +0.94pp | ||
| 2023 | 29.2% | +3.46pp | ||
| 2022 | 25.7% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2021 | 25.8% | -1.37pp | ||
| 2020 | 27.2% | -0.77pp | ||
| 2019 | 27.9% | +0.51pp | ||
| 2018 | 27.4% | +0.76pp | ||
| 2017 | 26.7% | -2.45pp | ||
| 2016 | 29.1% | +1.85pp | ||
| 2015 | 27.3% | +1.92pp | ||
| 2014 | 25.3% | -2.51pp | ||
| 2013 | 27.9% | +0.43pp | ||
| 2012 | 27.4% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2011 | 28.7% | -0.58pp | ||
| 2010 | 29.3% | -0.79pp | ||
| 2009 | 30.1% | +3.88pp | ||
| 2008 | 26.2% | -3.71pp | ||
| 2007 | 29.9% | +2.30pp | ||
| 2006 | 27.6% | +1.21pp | ||
| 2005 | 26.4% | -0.05pp | ||
| 2004 | 26.4% | -0.92pp | ||
| 2003 | 27.4% | +0.45pp | ||
| 2002 | 26.9% | -0.22pp | ||
| 2001 | 27.1% | -7.28pp | ||
| 2000 | 34.4% | -1.80pp | ||
| 1999 | 36.2% | +1.22pp | ||
| 1998 | 35.0% | -0.20pp | ||
| 1997 | 35.2% | -0.18pp | ||
| 1996 | 35.4% | +0.50pp | ||
| 1995 | 34.9% | -0.40pp | ||
| 1994 | 35.3% | -0.31pp | ||
| 1993 | 35.6% | -1.37pp | ||
| 1992 | 36.9% | +0.91pp | ||
| 1991 | 36.0% | -0.17pp | ||
| 1990 | 36.2% | +0.72pp | ||
| 1989 | 35.5% | +0.46pp | ||
| 1988 | 35.0% | -1.42pp | ||
| 1987 | 36.5% | +1.64pp | ||
| 1986 | 34.8% | +0.57pp | ||
| 1985 | 34.2% | — |
- 202531.7%+1.59pp
- 202430.1%+0.94pp
- 202329.2%+3.46pp
- 202225.7%-0.08pp
- 202125.8%-1.37pp
- 202027.2%-0.77pp
- 201927.9%+0.51pp
- 201827.4%+0.76pp
- 201726.7%-2.45pp
- 201629.1%+1.85pp
- 201527.3%+1.92pp
- 201425.3%-2.51pp
- 201327.9%+0.43pp
- 201227.4%-1.28pp
- 201128.7%-0.58pp
- 201029.3%-0.79pp
- 200930.1%+3.88pp
- 200826.2%-3.71pp
- 200729.9%+2.30pp
- 200627.6%+1.21pp
- 200526.4%-0.05pp
- 200426.4%-0.92pp
- 200327.4%+0.45pp
- 200226.9%-0.22pp
- 200127.1%-7.28pp
- 200034.4%-1.80pp
- 199936.2%+1.22pp
- 199835.0%-0.20pp
- 199735.2%-0.18pp
- 199635.4%+0.50pp
- 199534.9%-0.40pp
- 199435.3%-0.31pp
- 199335.6%-1.37pp
- 199236.9%+0.91pp
- 199136.0%-0.17pp
- 199036.2%+0.72pp
- 198935.5%+0.46pp
- 198835.0%-1.42pp
- 198736.5%+1.64pp
- 198634.8%+0.57pp
- 198534.2%—
Gross Margin values are taken from H.B. Fuller's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at H.B. Fuller (FUL)
According to H.B. Fuller's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 32.0%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual gross margin for H.B. Fuller (FUL) came in at 31.69% – expanded 1.6 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, gross margin reached its high of 36.95% in 1992 and its low of 25.34% in 2014.
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin by Year
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin 2025: 31.7%
H.B. Fuller posted gross margin of 31.69% in 2025, expanded 1.6 percentage points from 2024.
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin 2024: 30.1%
In 2024, H.B. Fuller reported gross margin of 30.10%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2023.
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin 2023: 29.2%
H.B. Fuller gross margin in 2023 was 29.16%, expanded 3.5 percentage points from 2022.
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin 2022: 25.7%
2022's gross margin for H.B. Fuller came in at 25.70%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2021.
H.B. Fuller Gross Margin 2021: 25.8%
H.B. Fuller gross margin in 2021 was 25.78%.
See more financial history for H.B. Fuller (FUL).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Basic Materials peers of H.B. Fuller (FUL), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 61.8% | |
| 60.4% | |
| 55.1% | |
| 49.1% | |
| 46.0% | |
| 44.3% | |
| 35.6% | |
| 27.8% |
- 55.1%
- 46.0%
- 44.3%
- 35.6%
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