Seaport Res Ptn Has Bearish Outlook for Huntsman Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Seaport Res Ptn has revised down Huntsman Corporation's Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate from ($0.02) to ($0.11), with further negative predictions for Q4 2025 and FY2025 EPS.
• Huntsman recently reported Q2 results showing an EPS of ($0.20), missing the consensus estimate and reflecting a 7.4% year-over-year revenue decline.
• The company has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, which equates to an annual yield of 10.5% for shareholders of record by September 15th.

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Huntsman in a research note issued to investors on Monday, August 4th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the basic materials company will earn ($0.11) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.02). The consensus estimate for Huntsman's current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Huntsman's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.57) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.01 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.03) EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.18 EPS.

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The basic materials company reported ($0.20) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.15) by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $1.46 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion. Huntsman had a negative return on equity of 2.48% and a negative net margin of 5.75%. Huntsman's quarterly revenue was down 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.14 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $11.00 to $9.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 4th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $13.00 to $11.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. Mizuho cut their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $14.00 to $11.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $12.00 to $10.00 and set a "sell" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $20.00 to $13.50 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $12.06.

Huntsman Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of Huntsman stock traded down $0.05 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $9.45. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,384,940 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,402,444. Huntsman has a 52-week low of $9.02 and a 52-week high of $25.12. The company has a market cap of $1.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.85 and a beta of 0.70. The firm's 50-day moving average is $10.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $13.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54.

Huntsman Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. Huntsman's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -51.28%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its stake in Huntsman by 74.9% during the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 2,232 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Huntsman by 9.7% during the 1st quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 11,004 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 972 shares in the last quarter. Mariner LLC increased its stake in Huntsman by 10.0% during the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 13,550 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $244,000 after purchasing an additional 1,233 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP increased its stake in Huntsman by 6.8% during the 1st quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 19,434 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $307,000 after purchasing an additional 1,239 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL increased its stake in Huntsman by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 117,350 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $1,853,000 after purchasing an additional 1,350 shares in the last quarter. 84.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Huntsman Company Profile

Huntsman Corporation manufactures and sells diversified organic chemical products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Polyurethanes, Performance Products, and Advanced Materials. The Polyurethanes segment offers polyurethane chemicals, including methyl diphenyl diisocyanate, polyether and polyester polyols, and thermoplastic polyurethane; and aniline, benzene, nitrobenzene and other co-products.