NASDAQ:IOSPInnospec Stock Price, Forecast & News

Innospec's stock was trading at $72.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, IOSP shares have increased by 7.2% and is now trading at $77.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Innospec in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Innospec.

Innospec is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Innospec.

Innospec Inc. (NASDAQ:IOSP) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The specialty chemicals company earned $372.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $380 million. Innospec had a return on equity of 14.77% and a net margin of 7.79%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.25 EPS. View Innospec's earnings history.

Innospec announced a semi-annual dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Tuesday, May 26th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. View Innospec's dividend history.

1 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Innospec's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Innospec's stock price to reach $95.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Innospec.

News coverage about IOSP stock has trended positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Innospec earned a daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutInnospec.

Innospec saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 367,900 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the April 30th total of 420,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 135,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Innospec's Current Options Chain.

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Innospec trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IOSP."

Innospec's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.89%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (6.00%), State Street Corp (3.08%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (2.78%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.18%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.56%). Company insiders that own Innospec stock include Brian Watt, Catherine Hessner, Hugh Aldous, Ian Cleminson, Milton C Blackmore, Patrick Williams, Philip Curran and Philip John Boon. View institutional ownership trends for Innospec.

IOSP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Wasatch Advisors Inc., Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Company insiders that have sold Innospec company stock in the last year include Brian Watt, Catherine Hessner, Hugh Aldous, Ian Cleminson, Philip Curran, and Philip John Boon. View insider buying and selling activity for Innospec.

IOSP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Invesco Ltd., State Street Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Trexquant Investment LP, and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Innospec.

Shares of IOSP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of IOSP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.70.

Innospec has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion and generates $1.51 billion in revenue each year. Innospec employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Innospec is www.innospecinc.com.

Innospec's mailing address is 8310 SOUTH VALLEY HIGHWAY SUITE 350, ENGLEWOOD CO, 80112. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 303-792-5554 or via email at [email protected]