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. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 25th. The basic materials company reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) 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 the consensus estimate 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 quarterly revenue was down 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.84 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's stock price to reach $25.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% 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.

News stories about HUN stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 1,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company 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), 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. (0.09%). 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 Virginia National Bank, James Investment Research Inc., 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 and Miles Capital 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., Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Strs Ohio, Squar Milner Financial Services LLC, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC and Eqis Capital Management Inc.. 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 $22.27.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $5.11 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]