Note 13 - Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 27, 2021

Notes Tables

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

	Three Months Ended
	February 27, 2021					February 29, 2020
	Net		Operating			Net		Operating
	Revenue		Income (Loss)			Revenue		Income (Loss)
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	335,669	$	29,912		$	312,512	$	22,664
Engineering Adhesives		312,663		30,417			248,895		15,365
Construction Adhesives		77,572		(4,703	)		85,157		(1,373	)
Total segment	$	725,904	$	55,626		$	646,564	$	36,656
Corporate Unallocated		-		(7,276	)		-		(7,903	)
Total	$	725,904	$	48,350		$	646,564	$	28,753

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

	Three Months Ended
	February 27,			February 29,
	2021			2020
Operating income	$	48,350		$	28,753
Other income, net		7,869			4,969
Interest expense		(20,361	)		(22,757	)
Interest income		2,659			2,918
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	$	38,517		$	13,883

Schedule of EBITDA [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	February 27, 2021			February 29, 2020
Adjusted EBITDA
Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives	$	44,606		$	35,896
Engineering Adhesives		48,168			30,916
Construction Adhesives		6,286			8,873
Corporate Unallocated		1,813			2,092
Total		100,873			77,777
Adjusted items:
Adjustments		5,264			7,895
Interest expense		20,392			22,761
Interest income		(2,659	)		(2,918	)
Income taxes		12,583			5,592
Depreciation and amortization expense		35,502			34,552
Total		71,082			67,882
Net income attributable to H.B. Fuller	$	29,791		$	9,895

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended February 27, 2021
	Hygiene, Health
	and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	182,022	$	113,126	$	67,032	$	-	$	362,180
EIMEA		95,973		101,759		4,727		-		202,459
Asia Pacific		57,674		97,778		5,813		-		161,265
	$	335,669	$	312,663	$	77,572	$	-	$	725,904

	Three Months Ended February 29, 2020
	Hygiene, Health
	and Consumable		Engineering		Construction		Corporate
	Adhesives		Adhesives		Adhesives		Unallocated		Total
Americas	$	173,275	$	105,373	$	74,258	$	-	$	352,906
EIMEA		92,382		83,676		6,126		-		182,184
Asia Pacific		46,855		59,846		4,773		-		111,474
	$	312,512	$	248,895	$	85,157	$	-	$	646,564