NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Price Target & More

Whirlpool trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WHR."

Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 16th. Investors of record on Friday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 17th. This is an increase from Whirlpool's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, July 27th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,350,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 16.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $2.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.96 by $0.15. The firm earned $4.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.95 billion. Whirlpool had a return on equity of 19.07% and a net margin of 1.36%. The business's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.50 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's Earnings History.

Whirlpool is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $14.50-15.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $15.28.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Whirlpool's shares. Their predictions range from $130.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's share price to reach $176.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Whirlpool.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Whirlpool in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Whirlpool saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,041,517 shares, a drop of 45.3% from the May 31st total of 9,224,218 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,294,878 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 7.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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News coverage about WHR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a coverage optimism score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 45.30 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Whirlpool's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Greenhaven Associates Inc. (4.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.09%) and Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.09%). Company insiders that own Whirlpool stock include David T Szczupak, Esther F Berrozpe, Greg Creed, James W Peters, Jeff M Fettig, Joao Carlos Brega, Joseph T Liotine, Marc R Bitzer and William D Perez. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Greenhaven Associates Inc., Pennsylvania Trust Co, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Investment House LLC and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Calamos Advisors LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Foothills Asset Management Ltd., Raymond James Trust N.A. and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.. Company insiders that have bought Whirlpool stock in the last two years include Greg Creed and William D Perez. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whirlpool.

Shares of WHR 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 WHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $150.76.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $11.03 billion and generates $21.25 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $350 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.74 on an earnings per share basis. Whirlpool employs 92,000 workers across the globe.

Whirlpool's mailing address is 2000 NORTH M-63, BENTON HARBOR MI, 49022. The company can be reached via phone at 269-923-5000 or via email at [email protected]