NYSE:UNVR - Univar Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Univar Inc (NYSE:UNVR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.02. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Univar had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 0.04%. Univar's revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.47 earnings per share. View Univar's Earnings History.

Univar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 5th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Univar.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Univar's stock. Their predictions range from $25.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Univar's share price to reach $28.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Univar.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univar in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Univar.

Media headlines about UNVR stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Univar earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Univar.

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(UNVR) raised $420 million in an initial public offering 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 acted 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's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.78%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (5.83%), BlackRock Inc. (3.60%), Valinor Management L.P. (2.39%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.08%) and Zimmer Partners LP (1.57%). Company insiders that own Univar stock include Associates Viii Ltd Cd&R, Christopher D Pappas, Dahlia Investments Pte Ltd, David Jukes, Jeffrey W Carr, Kerry J Preete, Mark John Byrne, Rhonda Germany Ballintyn, Stephen D Newlin and William S Stavropoulos. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Univar.

UNVR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, AQR Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Valinor Management L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD. View Insider Buying and Selling for Univar.

UNVR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zimmer Partners LP, Vanguard Group Inc., Marathon Asset Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, GW&K Investment Management LLC and Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management. Company insiders that have bought Univar stock in the last two years include Christopher D Pappas, David Jukes, Jeffrey W Carr, Kerry J Preete, Rhonda Germany Ballintyn, Stephen D Newlin and William S Stavropoulos. View Insider Buying and Selling for Univar.

Shares of UNVR 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 UNVR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.17.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.23 billion and generates $8.63 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $172.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.62 on an earnings per share basis. Univar employs 8,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Univar.

The official website for Univar is http://www.univar.com/.

Univar's mailing address is 3075 HIGHLAND PARKWAY SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL, 60515. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 331-777-6000 or via email at [email protected]