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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $2.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. Univar had a net margin of 0.04% and a return on equity of 15.03%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Univar's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $35.00. On average, they expect Univar's share price to reach $28.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.1% 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.

Press coverage about UNVR stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Univar earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock'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 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $18.95.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.20 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]