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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.39 billion. Univar had a positive return on equity of 14.09% and a negative net margin of 0.48%. Univar's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.40 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Univar's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect Univar's share price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.3% 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.

Headlines about UNVR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Univar earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Univar.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Longview Asset Management LLC (5.06%), Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (4.53%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.99%), Temasek Holdings Private Ltd (3.92%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.79%) and FMR LLC (2.66%). Company insiders that own Univar stock include Christopher D Pappas, 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 Temasek Holdings Private Ltd, FMR LLC, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Laurion Capital Management LP, Franklin Resources Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Longview Asset Management LLC and Marshall Wace LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Univar.

UNVR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Anavon Capital LLP, Citigroup Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Castleark Management LLC and Great Lakes Advisors 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 $22.94.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.87 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]