NYSE:UNVR - Univar Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Univar Inc (NYSE:UNVR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. Univar had a negative net margin of 0.48% and a positive return on equity of 14.09%. The company's revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.40 earnings per share. View Univar's Earnings History.

Univar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Univar.

Univar will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Univar's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Univar's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Univar.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Univar in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Univar.

Press coverage about UNVR stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Univar earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Univar.

Univar saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,700,000 shares, a decrease of 6.3% from the November 28th total of 10,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,630,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Approximately 5.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Univar's Current Options Chain.

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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 a price of $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's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.75%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.09%), Roubaix Capital LLC (0.06%), Three Peaks Capital Management LLC (0.05%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.03%) and Strs Ohio (0.01%). Company insiders that own Univar stock include Christopher D Pappas, Dahlia Investments Pte Ltd, David Jukes, Jeffrey W Carr, Kerry J Preete, 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 Marathon Asset Management LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Univar.

UNVR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Roubaix Capital LLC, Three Peaks Capital Management LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Strs Ohio, Sciencast Management LP and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $22.15.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.73 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]