H.B. Fuller (FUL) will raise its quarterly dividend by 3.3 percent to $0.155 per share in the second quarter of 2018. This follows a 7.1 percent dividend hike by the specialty chemicals company in 2017.

The dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock is payable on May 10, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 26, 2018. The new dividend yield for FUL is 1.3%.

Today's increase marks the 49th consecutive year in which H.B. Fuller has increased its dividend. According to our information H.B. Fuller has been paying a dividend every year since 1969.

H.B. Fuller Company is a formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemical products. Industrial adhesives represent the company's core product offering. . Customers use the company's adhesives products in manufacturing common consumer and industrial goods, including food and beverage containers, disposable diapers, windows, doors, flooring, roofing, appliances, sportswear, footwear, multi-wall bags, water filtration products, insulation, textiles, automobiles, recreational vehicles, buses, trucks and trailers, marine products, solar energy systems, electronics and products for the aerospace and defense industries. H.B. Fuller operates worldwide with businesses in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, India, the Middle East and Africa. The company was founded in 1887 and incorporated as a Minnesota corporation in 1915.