NYSE:OLN - Olin Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Olin declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 4.25%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. View Olin's Dividend History.

Olin declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 9.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the 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 net margin of 4.06% and a return on equity of 7.82%. Olin's revenue was down 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.35 earnings per share. 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.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Olin's stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Olin's share price to reach $26.7273 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.9% 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 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

News articles about OLN stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Olin earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Olin.

Olin saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,703,200 shares, an increase of 65.5% from the July 31st total of 8,882,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.3 days. Currently, 9.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Olin's Current Options Chain.

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Olin's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.87%), BlackRock Inc. (11.87%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.76%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (5.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.55%) and Balyasny Asset Management LLC (1.07%). Company insiders that own Olin stock include Brett A Flaugher, C Robert Bunch, Dolores J Ennico, Donald W Bogus, Earl L Shipp, Heidi S Alderman, 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 bought 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, Heidi S Alderman, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of OLN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.83.

Olin has a market capitalization of $3.09 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]