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. Investors 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 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan 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 shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.29. The basic materials company earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. Huntsman's revenue for the quarter was down 25.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's stock 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 coverage about HUN stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 stock's share price in the next several days. 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 short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 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 Eastman Chemical (EMN), FMC (FMC), LSB Industries (LXU), Olin (OLN) and PPG Industries (PPG).

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 many different of retail and institutional 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.