Olin Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:OLN)

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

Olin announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. View Olin's Dividend History.

Olin declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, May 1st 2018, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 9.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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

Olin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Olin.

Olin will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Olin's shares. Their predictions range from $18.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Olin's stock price to reach $25.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Olin.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Olin in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

Press coverage about OLN stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Olin earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Olin.

Olin saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,170,000 shares, a drop of 5.5% from the August 15th total of 12,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.8 days. Currently, 7.5% of the company's stock 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 investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.19%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.16%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.07%), Fruth Investment Management (0.04%), SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC (0.04%) and Camelot Portfolios LLC (0.02%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Pflug Koory LLC and Crossmark Global Holdings 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Camelot Portfolios LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $18.25.

Olin has a market capitalization of $3.00 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]