Note 16 - Operating Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	August 29, 2020					August 31, 2019
			Segment					Segment
	Net		Operating			Net		Operating
	Revenue		Income (Loss)			Revenue		Income (Loss)
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	320,187	$	31,883		$	328,420	$	32,638
Engineering Adhesives		276,083		29,873			286,716		36,847
Construction Adhesives		95,193		4,284			108,406		7,650
Total segment		691,463		66,040			723,542		77,135
Corporate Unallocated		-		(7,309	)		1,834		(10,429	)
Total	$	691,463	$	58,731		$	725,376	$	66,706

	Nine Months Ended
	August 29, 2020					August 31, 2019
			Segment					Segment
	Net		Operating			Net		Operating
	Revenue		Income (Loss)			Revenue		Income (Loss)
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	977,373	$	89,556		$	986,166	$	85,576
Engineering Adhesives		761,040		65,386			855,010		98,146
Construction Adhesives		274,216		9,436			302,987		14,246
Total segment		2,012,629		164,378			2,144,163		197,968
Corporate Unallocated		-		(19,991	)		13,731		(24,670	)
Total	$	2,012,629	$	144,387		$	2,157,894	$	173,298

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 29,			August 31,			August 29,			August 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Operating income	$	58,731		$	66,706		$	144,387		$	173,298
Other income, net		3,722			22,762			11,740			29,113
Interest expense		(20,196	)		(25,607	)		(64,597	)		(79,354	)
Interest income		2,945			3,115			8,761			9,191
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	45,202		$	66,976		$	100,291		$	132,248

Schedule of EBITDA [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 29, 2020			August 31, 2019			August 29, 2020			August 31, 2019
Adjusted EBITDA
Health, Hygiene and Consumable Adhesives	$	43,697			45,146		$	127,914		$	123,700
Engineering Adhesives		46,831			52,152			112,918			144,521
Construction Adhesives		14,394			17,486			39,893			44,185
Corporate Unallocated		785			1,339			3,377			7,761
Total		105,707			116,123			284,102			320,167
Adjusted items:
Adjustments		(1,657	)		(5,491	)		9,771			8,779
Interest expense		20,220			25,607			64,650			79,354
Interest income		(2,945	)		(3,115	)		(8,761	)		(9,191	)
Income taxes		14,050			14,798			32,335			37,219
Depreciation and amortization expense		34,432			34,606			102,992			105,403
Total		64,100			66,405			200,987			221,564
Net income attributable to H.B. Fuller	$	41,607		$	49,718		$	83,115		$	98,603

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended August 29, 2020
		Hygiene, Health
		and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
		Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	179,209	$	114,358	$	84,379	$	-	$	377,946
EIMEA		91,813		81,783		4,418		-		178,014
Asia Pacific		49,165		79,942		6,396		-		135,503
	$	320,187	$	276,083	$	95,193	$	-	$	691,463

	Three Months Ended August 31, 2019
		Hygiene, Health
		and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
		Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	185,356	$	120,519	$	96,463	$	1,834	$	404,172
EIMEA		95,719		90,113		5,940		-		191,772
Asia Pacific		47,345		76,084		6,003		-		129,432
	$	328,420	$	286,716	$	108,406	$	1,834	$	725,376

	Nine Months Ended August 29, 2020
		Hygiene, Health
		and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
		Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	543,066	$	309,742	$	242,685	$	-	$	1,095,493
EIMEA		282,418		237,102		15,049		-		534,569
Asia Pacific		151,889		214,196		16,482		-		382,567
	$	977,373	$	761,040	$	274,216	$	-	$	2,012,629

	Nine Months Ended August 31, 2019
		Hygiene, Health
		and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
		Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	545,903	$	345,175	$	268,697	$	13,731	$	1,173,506
EIMEA		291,372		284,101		16,627		-		592,100
Asia Pacific		148,891		225,734		17,663		-		392,288
	$	986,166	$	855,010	$	302,987	$	13,731	$	2,157,894