NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

Huntsman's stock was trading at $16.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HUN shares have decreased by 10.7% and is now trading at $14.43. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Huntsman.

Huntsman is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Huntsman.

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, 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 return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 7.42%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 25.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.52 EPS. View Huntsman's earnings history.

Huntsman announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. View Huntsman's dividend history.

Huntsman declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 13.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

17 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Huntsman's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's stock price to reach $21.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Huntsman.

Press coverage about HUN stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutHuntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,450,200 shares, an increase of 91.2% from the February 27th total of 2,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,050,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's 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), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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

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 $14.43.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $3.22 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]