NYSE:POLPolyOne Stock Price, Forecast & News

$27.82

+1.03 (+3.84 %)

(As of 06/3/2020 01:41 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$26.95

Now: $27.82▼

$28.45

50-Day Range

$19.31

MA: $22.28▼

$25.78

52-Week Range

$8.69

Now: $27.82▼

$37.33

Volume35,978 shs

Average Volume671,440 shs

Market Capitalization$2.54 billion

P/E Ratio3.72

Dividend Yield3.17%

Beta1.82

PolyOne Corporation provides specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in four segments: Color, Additives and Inks; Specialty Engineered Materials; Performance Products and Solutions; and Distribution. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers specialized color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics; dispersions for thermosets; and specialty inks, plastisols, and vinyl slush molding solutions. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials; and long glass and carbon fiber technology, and thermoset and thermoplastic composites. The Performance Products and Solutions segment offers products and services for vinyl molding and extrusion processors to manufacturers of durable plastic parts and consumer-oriented products. It also provides materials testing, component analysis, custom formulation development, colorant and additive, part design assistance, structural analysis, process simulation, mold design, and flow analysis and extruder screw design services, as well as contract manufacturing and outsourced polymer manufacturing services to resin producers and polymer marketers. The Distribution segment distributes approximately 4,000 grades of engineering and commodity grade resins to custom injection molders and extruders. The company sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. PolyOne Corporation was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

2.5 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
PolyOne has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $32.00, PolyOne has a potential upside of 15.0% from its current price of $27.82.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
PolyOne has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

2.3 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
PolyOne has received 345 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
PolyOne has received 391 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
PolyOne has received 53.13% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about PolyOne and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe POL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe POL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

4.2 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
PolyOne is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.17%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
PolyOne has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of PolyOne is 47.93 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, PolyOne will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.31 % next year. This indicates that PolyOne will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

4.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, PolyOne insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $213,490.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 0.97% of the stock of PolyOne is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
92.41% of the stock of PolyOne is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

1.9 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for PolyOne are expected to grow by 18.38% in the coming year, from $1.36 to $1.61 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of PolyOne is 3.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.07.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of PolyOne is 3.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.51.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PolyOne has a PEG Ratio of 1.94. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
PolyOne has a P/B Ratio of 2.03. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

2.97 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Plastics materials & resins

Sub-IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

SectorBasic Materials

Current SymbolNYSE:POL

Previous Symbol

CUSIP73179P10

CIK1122976

Webwww.polyone.com

Phone440-930-1000

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.81

Current Ratio2.89

Quick Ratio2.50

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio3.72

Forward P/E Ratio20.46

P/E Growth1.94

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$2.86 billion

Price / Sales0.89

Cash Flow$3.09 per share

Price / Cash Flow9.00

Book Value$13.68 per share

Price / Book2.03

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.69

Net Income$588.60 million

Net Margins19.58%

Return on Equity16.97%

Return on Assets4.94%

Miscellaneous

Employees5,600

Outstanding Shares91,400,000

Market Cap$2.54 billion

Next Earnings Date7/23/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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PolyOne (NYSE:POL) Frequently Asked Questions

How has PolyOne's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

PolyOne's stock was trading at $20.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, POL stock has increased by 38.0% and is now trading at $27.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of PolyOne?

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PolyOne in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for PolyOne.

When is PolyOne's next earnings date?

PolyOne is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for PolyOne.

How were PolyOne's earnings last quarter?

PolyOne Co. (NYSE:POL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.04. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $711.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $736.26 million. PolyOne had a return on equity of 16.97% and a net margin of 19.58%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.64 earnings per share. View PolyOne's earnings history.

How often does PolyOne pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for PolyOne?

PolyOne declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 14th. Investors of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.203 per share on Wednesday, July 8th. This represents a $0.81 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. View PolyOne's dividend history.

What guidance has PolyOne issued on next quarter's earnings?

PolyOne updated its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 19th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.48-0.48 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.44.

What price target have analysts set for POL?

5 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for PolyOne's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate PolyOne's share price to reach $32.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PolyOne.

Has PolyOne been receiving favorable news coverage?

News stories about POL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PolyOne earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutPolyOne.

Who are some of PolyOne's key competitors?

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

What other stocks do shareholders of PolyOne own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PolyOne investors own include Gilead Sciences (GILD), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Mcdonald's (MCD), Medtronic (MDT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Who are PolyOne's key executives?

PolyOne's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Robert M. Patterson, Chairman, Pres & CEO (Age 46)
Mr. Bradley C. Richardson, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 61)
Mr. Mark D. Crist, Sr. VP and Pres of Color, Additives & Inks (Age 60)
Mr. Michael A. Garratt, Sr. VP & Chief Commercial Officer (Age 55)
Mr. M. John Midea Jr., Sr. VP of Global Operations & Process Improvement (Age 55)

What is PolyOne's stock symbol?

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

Who are PolyOne's major shareholders?

PolyOne's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.12%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (4.53%), State Street Corp (3.18%), Jennison Associates LLC (2.24%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.19%) and TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (2.00%). Company insiders that own PolyOne stock include J Scott Horn, M John Jr Midea, Richard H Fearon, Robert E Abernathy, Robert M Patterson and William Howard Powell. View institutional ownership trends for PolyOne.

Which institutional investors are selling PolyOne stock?

POL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Wellington Management Group LLP, Two Sigma Investments LP, Cipher Capital LP, Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, and Principal Financial Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for PolyOne.

Which institutional investors are buying PolyOne stock?

POL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Channing Capital Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have bought PolyOne stock in the last two years include J Scott Horn, M John Jr Midea, Richard H Fearon, and Robert E Abernathy. View insider buying and selling activity for PolyOne.

How do I buy shares of 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.

What is PolyOne's stock price today?

One share of POL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.82.

How big of a company is PolyOne?

PolyOne has a market capitalization of $2.54 billion and generates $2.86 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $588.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.69 on an earnings per share basis. PolyOne employs 5,600 workers across the globe.

What is PolyOne's official website?

The official website for PolyOne is www.polyone.com.

How can I contact PolyOne?

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]

This page was last updated on 6/3/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff