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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.41%. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program 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 repurchase up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.61 billion. Huntsman had a return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 7.42%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 25.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's share price to reach $25.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.6% 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.

Media stories about HUN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 1,730,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company 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), Ford Motor (F), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

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, 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 acquired 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 $19.07.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.29 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]