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 Wednesday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, December 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Monday, December 31st. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 13th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its board has authorized 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 reacquire up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.24 billion. Huntsman had a net margin of 9.88% and a return on equity of 22.96%. The firm's revenue was up 12.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 12th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

Huntsman will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 12th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

11 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Huntsman's shares. Their predictions range from $22.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's share price to reach $33.3889 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 57.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

Media stories about HUN stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Huntsman's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.32%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.08%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. (0.04%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.02%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Alvin V Shoemaker, Anthony P Hankins, Brian V Ridd, Corp Huntsman, David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Jon M Huntsman, Mary C Beckerle, Monte G Edlund, Peter R Huntsman, Randy W Wright, Rohit Aggarwal, Russell R Stolle and Sean Douglas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huntsman.

HUN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc. and First Command Bank. Company insiders that have sold Huntsman company stock in the last year include J Kimo Esplin, Monte G Edlund and Rohit Aggarwal. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Boston Advisors LLC and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have bought Huntsman stock in the last two years include David M Stryker, Peter R Huntsman 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 $21.15.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $5.04 billion and generates $8.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $636 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.48 on an earnings per share basis. Huntsman employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

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]