Oil-Dri Co. of America Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:ODC)

Oil-Dri Co. of America trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ODC."

Oil-Dri Co. of America declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, August 30th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. This is an increase from Oil-Dri Co. of America's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View Oil-Dri Co. of America's Dividend History.

Oil-Dri Co. of America declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback 300,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, December, 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter. The specialty chemicals company earned $66.14 million during the quarter. Oil-Dri Co. of America had a net margin of 4.55% and a return on equity of 9.38%. View Oil-Dri Co. of America's Earnings History.

Oil-Dri Co. of America is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, December 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Oil-Dri Co. of America.

Media stories about ODC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Oil-Dri Co. of America earned a news sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Oil-Dri Co. of America.

Oil-Dri Co. of America saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 36,700 shares, a drop of 6.4% from the August 30th total of 39,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Oil-Dri Co. of America's Current Options Chain.

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Oil-Dri Co. of America's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include North Star Investment Management Corp. (0.91%). Company insiders that own Oil-Dri Co. of America stock include Allan H Selig, Daniel S Jaffee, Ellen-Blair Chube, Mary Beth Sullivan and Paul Hindsley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Oil-Dri Co. of America.

ODC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including North Star Investment Management Corp.. Company insiders that have bought Oil-Dri Co. of America stock in the last two years include Allan H Selig, Ellen-Blair Chube, Mary Beth Sullivan and Paul Hindsley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Oil-Dri Co. of America.

Shares of ODC 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 ODC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.10.

Oil-Dri Co. of America has a market capitalization of $251.56 million and generates $277.02 million in revenue each year. Oil-Dri Co. of America employs 775 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Oil-Dri Co. of America.

The official website for Oil-Dri Co. of America is http://www.oildri.com/.

Oil-Dri Co. of America's mailing address is 410 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL, 60611. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 312-321-1515 or via email at [email protected]