Univar Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:UNVR)

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

Univar Inc (NYSE:UNVR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Univar had a net margin of 0.04% and a return on equity of 15.03%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.47 EPS. 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.

Univar will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Univar's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Univar's share price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Univar.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univar in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Univar.

Media stories about UNVR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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. Univar earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Univar.

Univar saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 11,740,000 shares, a decline of 6.8% from the August 30th total of 12,590,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Approximately 7.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Univar's Current Options Chain.

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(UNVR) raised $420 million in an IPO on Thursday, June 18th 2015. The company issued 20,000,000 shares at a price of $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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. (0.09%), CenturyLink Investment Management Co (0.03%), Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.01%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%). 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 CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Cerebellum GP LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Univar.

UNVR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of UNVR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.90.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.52 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]