NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Huntsman declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Monday, December 31st. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 13th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.24 billion. Huntsman had a net margin of 9.88% and a return on equity of 22.96%. Huntsman's quarterly revenue was up 12.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.67 EPS. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's stock price to reach $34.7083 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

Press coverage about HUN stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a daily sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Huntsman's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.04%), LSV Asset Management (4.84%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.59%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (3.04%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.38%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.23%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Alvin V Shoemaker, Anthony P Hankins, Brian V Ridd, Corp Huntsman, David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Jon M Huntsman, Mary C Beckerle, Monte G Edlund, Peter R Huntsman, Randy W Wright, Rohit Aggarwal, Russell R Stolle and Sean Douglas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huntsman.

HUN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, American Century Companies Inc., First Quadrant L P CA and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Huntsman company stock in the last year include Anthony P Hankins, Corp Huntsman, J Kimo Esplin, Monte G Edlund and Rohit Aggarwal. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Man Group plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Capital Fund Management S.A., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Huntsman stock in the last two years include David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman 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 $20.98.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $5.00 billion and generates $8.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $636 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.48 on an earnings per share basis. Huntsman employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

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]