NYSE:HUNHuntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

Huntsman's stock was trading at $16.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HUN shares have decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at $15.46. 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 1 sell rating, 6 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 earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 earnings per share (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 return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 7.42%. The firm's revenue was down 25.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.52 earnings per share. View Huntsman's earnings history.

Huntsman declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 24th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View Huntsman's dividend history.

Huntsman declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Huntsman's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's stock price to reach $21.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Huntsman.

Media coverage about HUN stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. 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 trading volume of 2,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's shares 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), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Walt Disney (DIS).

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

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One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.46.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $3.45 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]