NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, News & Analysis

Huntsman trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HUN."

Huntsman announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 13.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.28 billion. Huntsman had a positive return on equity of 18.68% and a negative net margin of 1.37%. Huntsman's revenue for the quarter was down 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.01 EPS. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

12 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's share price to reach $27.3636 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

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

Headlines about HUN stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,319,000 shares, a drop of 11.8% from the June 15th total of 4,895,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,470,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Huntsman's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Huntsman investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), Ford Motor (F), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Huntsman's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.96%), BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), LSV Asset Management (4.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.50%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.14%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.56%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Alvin V Shoemaker, Anthony P Hankins, Corp Huntsman, David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Jon M Huntsman, Mary C Beckerle, Monte G Edlund, Peter R Huntsman, Rohit Aggarwal, Scott J Wright and Sean Douglas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huntsman.

HUN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc. and HBK Investments L P. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Invesco Ltd., Goldentree Asset Management LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Huntsman stock in the last two years include David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman, Scott J Wright and Sean Douglas. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

Shares of HUN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.33.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.44 billion and generates $9.38 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $337 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis. Huntsman employs 10,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Huntsman.

The official website for Huntsman is http://www.huntsman.com/.

Huntsman's mailing address is 10003 Woodloch Forest Drive, The Woodlands TX, 77380. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 281-719-6000 or via email at [email protected]