NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Huntsman announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 13.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29. The basic materials company earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. Huntsman had a net margin of 7.42% and a return on equity of 14.86%. The firm's revenue was down 25.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.52 earnings per share. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Huntsman's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's stock price to reach $25.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

News headlines about HUN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,400,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the January 30th total of 3,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,660,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Huntsman's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Huntsman include PPG Industries (PPG), FMC (FMC), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Olin (OLN) and LSB Industries (LXU).

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), Ford Motor (F), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI).

Huntsman's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (4.66%), AJO LP (2.24%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%) and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (1.46%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Peter R Huntsman, Robert Wade Rogers, Rohit Aggarwal, Ronald W Gerrard, 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 FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., AJO LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Schroder Investment Management Group and Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Macquarie Group Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc. and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Huntsman stock in the last two years include David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman, Robert Wade Rogers, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.94.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.26 billion and generates $6.80 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $562 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.53 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]