H.B. Fuller (FUL) Competitors

CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) and H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, CSWI or FUL?

CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H.B. Fuller has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CSWI or FUL?

H.B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $86.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.31%. Given CSW Industrials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H.B. Fuller is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSW Industrials	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
H.B. Fuller	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CSWI or FUL?

H.B. Fuller received 71 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.02% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave H.B. Fuller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSW Industrials	Outperform Votes 242 64.02%	Underperform Votes 136 35.98%
H.B. Fuller	Outperform Votes 313 56.29%	Underperform Votes 243 43.71%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CSWI or FUL?

H.B. Fuller has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSW Industrials	$757.90M	5.11	$96.43M	$6.23	40.01
H.B. Fuller	$3.51B	1.23	$144.91M	$2.75	28.84

Does the media prefer CSWI or FUL?

In the previous week, H.B. Fuller had 4 more articles in the media than CSW Industrials. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for H.B. Fuller and 2 mentions for CSW Industrials. H.B. Fuller's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.24 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSW Industrials	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
H.B. Fuller	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CSWI or FUL more profitable?

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 12.47% compared to CSW Industrials' net margin of 4.39%. H.B. Fuller's return on equity of 18.47% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSW Industrials	12.47%	18.47%	10.24%
H.B. Fuller	4.39%	12.88%	4.78%

Is CSWI or FUL a better dividend stock?

CSW Industrials pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. H.B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CSW Industrials pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H.B. Fuller pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CSW Industrials has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and H.B. Fuller has increased its dividend for 56 consecutive years. H.B. Fuller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CSWI or FUL?

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of H.B. Fuller shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

H.B. Fuller beats CSW Industrials on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.