NYSE:OLN - Olin Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Olin declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 9th. View Olin's Dividend History.

Olin declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 9.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) released its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.60 billion. Olin had a net margin of 8.69% and a return on equity of 5.81%. View Olin's Earnings History.

Olin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Olin.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Olin's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.79 to $46.00. On average, they expect Olin's share price to reach $36.8488 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

Olin saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,080,561 shares, an increase of 61.1% from the April 30th total of 3,154,076 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,437,092 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Olin's Current Options Chain.

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Press coverage about OLN stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Olin earned a news sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 45.38 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Olin's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.03%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (4.45%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.91%), Northern Trust Corp (0.79%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.79%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.65%). Company insiders that own Olin stock include C Robert Bunch, Dolores J Ennico, Donald W Bogus, John E Fischer, John L Mcintosh, John Maurice Sampson, Pat D Dawson, Randall W Larrimore, Stephen C Curley and Thomas J Okeefe. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Olin.

OLN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Stevens Capital Management LP, Federated Investors Inc. PA and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Olin company stock in the last year include C Robert Bunch, Dolores J Ennico, John E Fischer, John L Mcintosh, John Maurice Sampson and Stephen C Curley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Olin.

OLN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Rubric Capital Management LP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Mackay Shields LLC, Korea Investment CORP, Highbridge Capital Management LLC and Victory Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Olin stock in the last two years include Donald W Bogus, Pat D Dawson and Randall W Larrimore. 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 $29.23.

Olin has a market capitalization of $4.84 billion and generates $6.27 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $549.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.81 on an earnings per share basis. Olin employs 6,400 workers across the globe.

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]