NYSE:HUNHuntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

Huntsman's stock was trading at $16.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HUN stock has increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $18.40. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 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.

Huntsman is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Huntsman.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) issued its earnings results on Friday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.10. The basic materials company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.52 billion. Huntsman had a return on equity of 12.72% and a net margin of 16.10%. The firm's revenue was down 21.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. View Huntsman's earnings history.

Huntsman announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $0.65 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Huntsman's dividend history.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month 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 $20.37 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Huntsman.

Media coverage about HUN stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutHuntsman.

Huntsman saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,780,000 shares, a decline of 20.6% from the April 30th total of 4,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Huntsman's Current Options Chain.

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

Huntsman's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.22%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (3.01%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.80%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.80%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.61%) and State Street Corp (1.43%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Anthony P Hankins, David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman, Robert Wade Rogers, Rohit Aggarwal, Ronald W Gerrard, 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 AJO LP, Invesco Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AQR Capital Management LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., and BlackRock Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Huntsman.

HUN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Yacktman Asset Management LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Clearbridge Investments LLC, 1832 Asset Management L.P., and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have bought Huntsman stock in the last two years include Anthony P Hankins, David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman, Robert Wade Rogers, Scott J Wright, and Sean Douglas. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $18.40.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.06 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.

The official website for Huntsman is 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]