NYSE:OLN - Olin Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Olin announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 25th. Investors of record on Monday, February 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 8th. View Olin's Dividend History.

Olin declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.70 billion. Olin had a net margin of 4.72% and a return on equity of 10.42%. Olin's revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.89 EPS. View Olin's Earnings History.

Olin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Olin.

11 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Olin's stock. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Olin's stock price to reach $29.2727 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Olin.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Olin in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

News stories about OLN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Olin earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 stock's share price in the immediate future.

Olin saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,278,381 shares, an increase of 81.8% from the January 31st total of 4,003,137 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,742,454 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Olin's Current Options Chain.

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Olin's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.60%), FMR LLC (7.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.20%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.42%), Millennium Management LLC (1.49%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.46%). Company insiders that own Olin stock include Brett A Flaugher, C Robert Bunch, Dolores J Ennico, Donald W Bogus, Earl L Shipp, John E Fischer, John L Mcintosh, John Maurice Sampson, Randall W Larrimore, Scott Mcdougald Sutton and Stephen C Curley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Olin.

OLN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Prudential PLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Quantum Capital Management, Boston Partners, SG Americas Securities LLC and American Century Companies Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Olin company stock in the last year include Brett A Flaugher and John L Mcintosh. View Insider Buying and Selling for Olin.

OLN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Beaconlight Capital LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, BlackRock Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Olin stock in the last two years include Donald W Bogus, Earl L Shipp, John Maurice Sampson, Randall W Larrimore and Scott Mcdougald Sutton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Olin.

Shares of OLN 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of OLN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.24.

Olin has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion and generates $6.95 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $327.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.75 on an earnings per share basis. Olin employs 6,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Olin is http://www.olin.com.

Olin's mailing address is 190 CARONDELET PLAZA SUITE 1530, CLAYTON MO, 63105. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 314-480-1400 or via email at [email protected]