NYSE:PAH - Platform Specialty Products Stock Price, Price Target & More

Platform Specialty Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PAH."

Platform Specialty Products Co. (NYSE:PAH) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.23. The specialty chemicals company earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $978.56 million. Platform Specialty Products had a negative net margin of 7.84% and a positive return on equity of 7.69%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.20 EPS. View Platform Specialty Products' Earnings History.

Platform Specialty Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May, 3rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Platform Specialty Products.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Platform Specialty Products' shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Platform Specialty Products' share price to reach $14.6667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Platform Specialty Products.

Platform Specialty Products saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 13th, there was short interest totalling 28,116,854 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the March 30th total of 23,366,399 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,245,090 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.7 days. Approximately 10.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Platform Specialty Products include Versum Materials (VSM), Cabot (CBT), WD-40 (WDFC), Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC), Advanced Emissions Solutions (ADES), Flotek Industries (FTK), Pure Bioscience (PURE), Glyeco (GLYE), Blastgard International (HCGS) and Ener-Core (ENCR).

News stories about PAH stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Platform Specialty Products earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 47.06 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Platform Specialty Products' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (3.30%). Company insiders that own Platform Specialty Products stock include Benjamin Gliklich, Diego Lopez Casanello, Ian G H Ashken, John David Tolbert, John Edward Capps, Martin E Franklin and Rakesh Sachdev. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Platform Specialty Products.

Shares of PAH 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 PAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.28.

Platform Specialty Products has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion and generates $3.78 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $-296,200,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.76 on an earnings per share basis. Platform Specialty Products employs 7,850 workers across the globe.

Platform Specialty Products' mailing address is 1450 CENTREPARK BLVD SUITE 210, WEST PALM BEACH FL, 33401. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 561-207-9600.