PolyOne Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:POL)

PolyOne trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "POL."

PolyOne declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.203 per share on Thursday, January 9th. This represents a $0.81 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.49%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This is an increase from PolyOne's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View PolyOne's Dividend History.

PolyOne Co. (NYSE:POL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.01. The specialty chemicals company earned $705 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $721.91 million. PolyOne had a net margin of 4.03% and a return on equity of 33.07%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.62 EPS. View PolyOne's Earnings History.

PolyOne is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PolyOne.

PolyOne updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.53 to $2.58 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.53.

8 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for PolyOne's stock. Their predictions range from $31.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate PolyOne's stock price to reach $35.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PolyOne.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PolyOne in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for PolyOne.

Media coverage about POL stock has been trending neutral on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PolyOne earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for PolyOne.

PolyOne saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,260,000 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the August 30th total of 1,370,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 505,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View PolyOne's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PolyOne include Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Celanese (CE), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland Global (ASH), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), HB Fuller (FUL), Innospec (IOSP) and Stepan (SCL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PolyOne investors own include Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Ford Motor (F), Halliburton (HAL), Mcdonald's (MCD), Univar (UNVR), Intel (INTC), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP).

PolyOne's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rhumbline Advisers (0.32%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.10%), Alberta Investment Management Corp (0.04%), Convergence Investment Partners LLC (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own PolyOne stock include J Scott Horn, M John Jr Midea, Robert E Abernathy, Robert M Patterson and William Howard Powell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PolyOne.

POL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rhumbline Advisers, Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for PolyOne.

POL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Alberta Investment Management Corp, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought PolyOne stock in the last two years include J Scott Horn, M John Jr Midea and Robert E Abernathy. View Insider Buying and Selling for PolyOne.

Shares of POL 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 POL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.67.

PolyOne has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion and generates $3.53 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $159.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.43 on an earnings per share basis. PolyOne employs 6,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PolyOne.

The official website for PolyOne is http://www.polyone.com/.

PolyOne's mailing address is 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake OH, 44012. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 440-930-1000 or via email at [email protected]