NYSE:FOE - Ferro Stock Price, Forecast & News

Ferro trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FOE."

Ferro Co. (NYSE:FOE) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $393.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $415.39 million. Ferro had a return on equity of 27.03% and a net margin of 3.13%. Ferro's quarterly revenue was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.44 EPS. View Ferro's Earnings History.

Ferro is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ferro.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Ferro's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Ferro's share price to reach $15.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ferro.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ferro in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Ferro.

News headlines about FOE stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ferro earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ferro.

Ferro saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,260,000 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the January 15th total of 5,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 753,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.3 days. Approximately 7.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Ferro's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Ferro include Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), RPM International (RPM), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), PolyOne (POL), HB Fuller (FUL), Sensient Technologies (SXT) and Innospec (IOSP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Ferro investors own include Halliburton (HAL), Alibaba Group (BABA), GrubHub (GRUB), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Bank of America (BAC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Broadcom (AVGO), bluebird bio (BLUE) and Horizon Therapeutics (HZNP).

Ferro's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (6.45%), Gabelli Funds LLC (4.15%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.14%), State Street Corp (2.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.33%) and Jennison Associates LLC (1.29%). Company insiders that own Ferro stock include Allen A Spizzo, Benjamin Schlater, David A Lorber, James Barna, Mark Hugo Duesenberg and Peter T Thomas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ferro.

FOE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jennison Associates LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Bank of America Corp DE, Royce & Associates LP, Pinebridge Investments L.P., Arizona State Retirement System, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. Company insiders that have sold Ferro company stock in the last year include Benjamin Schlater, Mark Hugo Duesenberg and Peter T Thomas. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ferro.

FOE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., Credit Suisse AG, Gabelli Funds LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Verdence Capital Advisors LLC and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have bought Ferro stock in the last two years include Allen A Spizzo, David A Lorber and Peter T Thomas. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ferro.

Shares of FOE 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 FOE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.67.

Ferro has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion and generates $1.61 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $80.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis. Ferro employs 6,059 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ferro.

The official website for Ferro is http://www.ferro.com/.

Ferro's mailing address is 6060 PARKLAND BLVD Suite 250, MAYFIELD HEIGHTS OH, 44124. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 216-875-5600 or via email at [email protected]