Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR) Shares Down 64.3% - What's Next?

Key Points

• Venator Materials shares plunged 64.3% to $10.01 on Thursday, with only about 1,410 shares traded—roughly a 99% drop from its average daily volume after closing at $28.00 the prior session.
• The company has a market cap of $1.07 billion, a negative P/E of -5.75, very low debt-to-equity (0.02) but weak short-term liquidity (quick ratio 0.41, current ratio 0.74).
• Venator is a global specialty chemicals firm best known for its Ti-Pure® titanium dioxide pigments used in coatings, plastics and paper.

Venator Materials PLC (NYSE:VNTR - Get Free Report) was down 64.3% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $10.01 and last traded at $10.01. Approximately 1,410 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 99% from the average daily volume of 280,884 shares. The stock had previously closed at $28.00.

Venator Materials Stock Down 64.3%

The stock has a market cap of $1.07 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.75 and a beta of 1.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 0.41 and a current ratio of 0.74. The firm's 50-day moving average is $28.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $23.94.

Venator Materials Company Profile

Venator Materials is a global chemical company specializing in the production of pigment and performance additives. Headquartered in the United Kingdom with major operational centers in North America, Europe and Asia, the company develops a range of specialty chemicals that are used across a variety of industrial and consumer applications. Venator is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker VNTR.

The company operates two principal business segments. Its Pigments segment manufactures titanium dioxide under the Ti-Pure® brand, a white pigment widely used to impart brightness and opacity in coatings, plastics, paper and other materials.

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