H.B. Fuller Company announced unaudited preliminary financial results for fiscal year 2024 and scheduled the company’s fourth quarter investor conference call. These preliminary results are estimates and remain subject to completion of the company’s fiscal year financial audit.

The company now expects fiscal year 2024 net revenue to be approximately $3.57 billion, adjusted diluted earnings per share to be approximately $3.84 and adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $594 million compared to previous guidance of adjusted EBITDA between $610 million and $620 million as communicated on September 25, 2024. Additionally, the company now expects cash flow from operations for the year to be approximately $300 million.

Fourth quarter net revenue and earnings were adversely impacted by weaker than expected conditions and delayed orders, particularly in consumer product goods and packaging related end markets as well as durable goods distribution. In addition, delayed customer order patterns shifted price increase realization into fiscal 2025 while higher raw material costs, primarily in Hygiene, Health and Consumable (HHC) Adhesives, negatively impacted adjusted EBITDA.

“Late in the fourth quarter there was a negative inflection point on volume whereby a number of market segments exhibited topline deceleration versus the previous quarter, and this adversely impacted our operating results and led to a disappointing shortfall relative to our expectations,” said Celeste Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer. “In response to this weaker market environment, we are focusing on the controllable variables and putting in place new pricing actions and cost controls. This is in addition to our ongoing restructuring initiatives to streamline our manufacturing footprint and overall SG&A profile.”