NYSE:POL - PolyOne Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PolyOne announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 10th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This is a positive change from PolyOne's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View PolyOne's Dividend History.

PolyOne Co. (NYSE:POL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.01. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $705 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $721.91 million. PolyOne had a return on equity of 30.57% and a net margin of 4.03%. PolyOne's quarterly revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. View PolyOne's Earnings History.

PolyOne is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PolyOne.

PolyOne will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

PolyOne updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$0.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.26.

6 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for PolyOne's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate PolyOne's share price to reach $35.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PolyOne.

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

News stories about POL stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PolyOne earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PolyOne.

PolyOne saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,990,000 shares, an increase of 49.6% from the December 31st total of 1,330,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 485,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View PolyOne's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PolyOne investors own include Ford Motor (F), Halliburton (HAL), Teekay Lng Partners (TGP), Univar (UNVR), Century Aluminum (CENX), Cohu (COHU), Pattern Energy Group (PEGI), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), FactSet Research Systems (FDS) and Harley-Davidson (HOG).

PolyOne's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.52%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.21%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.14%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.13%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio and New York State Teachers Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for PolyOne.

POL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and State of Michigan Retirement System. 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 $34.61.

PolyOne has a market capitalization of $2.66 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]