Univar Solutions (UNVR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univar Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" UNVR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UNVR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Univar Solutions' stock. Their UNVR share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $35.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE:UNVR) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 8th. The basic materials company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.43 billion. Univar Solutions had a net margin of 3.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.05%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Univar Solutions (NYSE:UNVR) stock in their portfolio include IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA), AltShares Event-Driven ET (EVNT), First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (MARB), AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB), ProShares Merger ETF (MRGR), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Value ETF (RFV), iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (IYM) and Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF (IVOV).

112 employees have rated Univar Solutions Chief Executive Officer David Jukes on Glassdoor.com. David Jukes has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

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(UNVR) raised $420 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, June 18th 2015. The company issued 20,000,000 shares at $20.00-$22.00 per share. Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs and BofA Merrill Lynch served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, HSBC, Moeli, Wells Fargo Securities, Lazard, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and William Blair were co-managers.

Univar Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UNVR."

Univar Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.11%), State Street Corp (2.76%), Westchester Capital Management LLC (1.65%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.46%) and Alpine Associates Management Inc. (1.43%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher D Pappas, David Jukes, Jennifer Mcintyre, Kelly O'hanlon, Nicholas Powell, Nicholas W Alexos, Pat Jerding and Stephen D Newlin.
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One share of UNVR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.14.

Univar Solutions (NYSE:UNVR) has a market capitalization of $5.70 billion and generates $10.84 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $545.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.70 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,746 workers across the globe.

Univar Solutions' mailing address is 3075 HIGHLAND PARKWAY SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL, 60515. The official website for the company is www.univar.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (331) 777-6000 or via email at ir@univar.com.