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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The basic materials company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $2.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.39 billion. Univar had a negative net margin of 0.48% and a positive return on equity of 14.09%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $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.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Univar's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate Univar's stock price to reach $26.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% 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.

News stories about UNVR stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Univar earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned 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 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 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 acquired 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 $19.22.

Univar has a market capitalization of $3.24 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]