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 Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Friday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. View Olin's Dividend History.

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

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.01). The specialty chemicals company earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.55 billion. Olin had a return on equity of 7.82% and a net margin of 4.06%. Olin's revenue for the quarter was down 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.35 EPS. View Olin's Earnings History.

Olin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Olin.

12 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Olin's stock. Their predictions range from $19.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Olin's stock price to reach $26.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 60.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Olin.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Olin in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

Media headlines about OLN stock have trended positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Olin earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Olin.

Olin saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,882,400 shares, an increase of 20.9% from the June 30th total of 7,343,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 5.4% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.87%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.76%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (5.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%), Balyasny Asset Management LLC (1.07%) and Royal Bank of Canada (0.85%). 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, Stephen C Curley, Teresa M Vermillion and Vince J Smith. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Olin.

OLN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC and Morgan Stanley. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Man Group plc, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Keeley Teton Advisors LLC and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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, Scott Mcdougald Sutton, Teresa M Vermillion and Vince J Smith. 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 $16.33.

Olin has a market capitalization of $2.68 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 6,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Olin.

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]