Huntsman Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HUN)

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

Huntsman declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.1625 per share on Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.65 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 13.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.63 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.28 billion. Huntsman had a positive return on equity of 18.68% and a negative net margin of 1.37%. The company's revenue was down 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.01 EPS. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

Huntsman will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Huntsman's stock. Their predictions range from $19.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Huntsman's share price to reach $27.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntsman.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntsman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

News stories about HUN stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntsman earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 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 media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 3,520,000 shares, a decline of 11.6% from the August 30th total of 3,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock 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), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Ford Motor (F), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI), Alibaba Group (BABA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Huntsman's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.49%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.35%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.20%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.13%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.10%) and Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. (0.07%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include Alvin V Shoemaker, Anthony P Hankins, Corp Huntsman, David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, Jon M Huntsman, Mary C Beckerle, 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 Brookstone Capital Management, DNB Asset Management AS, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Pacer Advisors Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Virginia National Bank and Regentatlantic Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Meeder Asset Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Brinker Capital Inc., World Asset Management Inc, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. 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 $23.33.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $5.35 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]