NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Huntsman declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in 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 board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 billion. Huntsman had a net margin of 7.42% and a return on equity of 14.86%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 25.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.52 EPS. 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 expect Huntsman's share price to reach $25.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% 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.

Press coverage about HUN stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials 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 immediate future. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,140,000 shares, an increase of 17.2% from the January 15th total of 2,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Huntsman's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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, 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC and UBS Group AG. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.90.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.70 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]