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 2.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman declared that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding 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 programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) posted its earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The basic materials company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $1.69 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.82 billion. Huntsman had a positive return on equity of 17.06% and a negative net margin of 0.99%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.84 earnings per share. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

Huntsman will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Huntsman's shares. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's stock price to reach $25.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% 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 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

Media coverage about HUN stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a news impact score of -1.8 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 stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,790,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the November 28th total of 2,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,840,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. 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), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Bank of America (BAC).

Huntsman's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.69%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.35%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.15%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.13%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.10%) and Sonora Investment Management LLC (0.04%). 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 Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, DNB Asset Management AS, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Sonora Investment Management LLC, Miles Capital Inc. and IFP Advisors Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Squar Milner Financial Services LLC and Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.46.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $5.15 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]