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 Thursday, August 8th. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th will be given a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.28 billion. Huntsman had a negative net margin of 1.37% and a positive return on equity of 18.68%. The company's revenue was down 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.01 earnings per share. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's stock price to reach $27.3636 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

News stories about HUN stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,319,000 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the June 15th total of 4,895,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Huntsman's Current Options Chain.

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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), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), Ford Motor (F), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Gilead Sciences (GILD).

Huntsman's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.96%), BlackRock Inc. (6.61%), LSV Asset Management (4.88%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.50%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (2.14%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.56%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Alvin V Shoemaker, Anthony P Hankins, Corp Huntsman, David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Jon M Huntsman, Mary C Beckerle, 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., BlackRock Inc. and HBK Investments L P. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Invesco Ltd., Goldentree Asset Management LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.36.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.44 billion and generates $9.38 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $337 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 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]