NYSE:HUN - Huntsman Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Huntsman declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View Huntsman's Dividend History.

Huntsman announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 23rd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 13.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Huntsman Co. (NYSE:HUN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The basic materials company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.29. The basic materials company earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.61 billion. Huntsman had a return on equity of 14.86% and a net margin of 7.42%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 25.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.52 earnings per share. View Huntsman's Earnings History.

Huntsman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntsman.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Huntsman's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Huntsman's share price to reach $25.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% 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 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntsman.

Headlines about HUN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Huntsman.

Huntsman saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,140,000 shares, an increase of 17.2% from the January 15th total of 2,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,730,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% 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), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Verizon Communications (VZ), Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (BCLI) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Huntsman's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (4.66%), AJO LP (2.24%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.66%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%) and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (1.46%). Company insiders that own Huntsman stock include David M Stryker, J Kimo Esplin, 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 FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Point72 Asset Management L.P., AJO LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Schroder Investment Management Group and Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntsman.

HUN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Scout Investments Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC and UBS Group AG. 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 $21.47.

Huntsman has a market capitalization of $4.83 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.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]