NYSE:VAL - The Valspar Stock Price, Forecast & News

The Valspar trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VAL."

The Valspar Corp (NYSE:VAL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($1.27) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($1.46) by $0.19. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $551.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $550.14 million. The Valspar had a negative return on equity of 9.69% and a negative net margin of 9.57%. View The Valspar's Earnings History.

The Valspar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for The Valspar.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for The Valspar's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect The Valspar's share price to reach $9.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 99.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for The Valspar.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Valspar in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for The Valspar.

News stories about VAL stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. The Valspar earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for The Valspar.

Some companies that are related to The Valspar include Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Celanese (CE), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), NewMarket (NEU), W. R. Grace & Co (GRA), Ashland Global (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Quaker Chemical (KWR), Sensient Technologies (SXT), HB Fuller (FUL), Innospec (IOSP) and PolyOne (POL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other The Valspar investors own include Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bausch Health Companies (BHC), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Mcdonald's (MCD), Pfizer (PFE) and PPG Industries (PPG).

The Valspar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Canyon Capital Advisors LLC (3.69%), State Street Corp (1.77%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.53%), Voloridge Investment Management LLC (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.19%) and General American Investors Co. Inc. (0.17%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for The Valspar.

VAL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, State Street Corp, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, General American Investors Co. Inc., Rhumbline Advisers and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Valspar.

One share of VAL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.96.

The Valspar has a market capitalization of $981.48 million and generates $1.71 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $-639,700,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($5.36) on an earnings per share basis. The Valspar employs 4,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About The Valspar.

The official website for The Valspar is http://www.valaris.com/.

The Valspar's mailing address is 6 CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON X0, W1J5BQ. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7659-4660 or via email at [email protected]