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 Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 13.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.29. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.66 billion for 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 25.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Huntsman's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's share price to reach $25.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% 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 stories about HUN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 trading volume, of 1,730,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Huntsman's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (4.66%), AJO LP (2.24%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.66%), Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (1.46%) and State Street Corp (1.33%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, 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 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., 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 $21.06.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.74 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]