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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 12th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 15th. This is a boost 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase 300,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) announced its earnings results on Friday, December, 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.12 earnings per share 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 9.41%. 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.

Headlines about ODC stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Oil-Dri Co. of America earned a news impact score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company'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 in 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 trading volume, of 6,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Oil-Dri Co. of America's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Oil-Dri Co. of America investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Booking (BKNG), LHC Group (LHCG), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), A. O. Smith (AOS), Equinor ASA (EQNR), McDermott International (MDR), Banner (BANR), argenx (ARGX) and Amerisafe (AMSF).

Oil-Dri Co. of America's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $33.63.

Oil-Dri Co. of America has a market capitalization of $255.59 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]