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, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View Olin's Dividend History.

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

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 29th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.09. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $1.87 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. Olin had a return on equity of 10.70% and a net margin of 11.02%. Olin's revenue for the quarter was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.31 earnings per share. View Olin's Earnings History.

Olin is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Olin.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Olin's shares. Their predictions range from $20.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Olin's share price to reach $31.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 56.6% 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 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Olin.

Media coverage about OLN stock has been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Olin saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,915,460 shares, a drop of 34.3% from the September 28th total of 5,963,816 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,040,976 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 2.4% of the company's shares 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 BlackRock Inc. (11.13%), FMR LLC (5.50%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (5.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.69%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.36%) and Teachers Advisors LLC (1.40%). Company insiders that own Olin stock include 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 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, FMR LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Broadview Advisors LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Olin company stock in the last year include John L Mcintosh and Stephen C Curley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Olin.

OLN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Prudential Financial Inc., Capital Fund Management S.A., Point72 Asset Management L.P., BlackRock Inc. and Quantbot Technologies LP. Company insiders that have bought Olin stock in the last two years include Donald W Bogus, Earl L Shipp, 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 $19.79.

Olin has a market capitalization of $3.52 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.

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]