Olin (OLN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Olin in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" OLN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in OLN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Olin's shares. Their OLN share price forecasts range from $47.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $62.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.3% from the stock's current price.
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Olin's stock was trading at $52.94 at the start of the year. Since then, OLN stock has decreased by 10.9% and is now trading at $47.16.
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Olin saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,810,000 shares, an increase of 39.8% from the August 15th total of 3,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) posted its earnings results on Friday, July, 28th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.09. The specialty chemicals company earned $1.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.86 billion. Olin had a net margin of 10.39% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.28%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 34.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.76 EPS.

Olin announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, September 8th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 9th.
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Olin (NYSE:OLN) pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.62%. The dividend payout ratio is 13.56%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, OLN will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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53 employees have rated Olin Chief Executive Officer Joseph D. Rupp on Glassdoor.com. Joseph D. Rupp has an approval rating of 75% among the company's employees.

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Olin trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "OLN."

Olin's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.42%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (4.31%), State Street Corp (3.95%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (3.43%), Capital International Investors (2.83%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Brett A Flaugher, Brett A Flaugher, C Robert Bunch, Damian Gumpel, Gray G Benoist, Heidi S Alderman, Impact Fund (Cayman) Oncology, James A Varilek, James A Varilek, John Mb Oconnor, Pat D Dawson, R Nichole Sumner, Scott D Ferguson, Teresa M Vermillion, Todd A Slater, Todd A Slater, Todd Foley, Valerie A Peters and W Anthony Will.
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Shares of OLN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of OLN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.16.

Olin (NYSE:OLN) has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion and generates $9.38 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $1.33 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,780 workers across the globe.

Olin's mailing address is 190 CARONDELET PLAZA SUITE 1530, CLAYTON MO, 63105. The official website for the company is www.olin.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (844) 238-3445 or via email at investorrelations@olin.com.