NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $1.20 per share on Sunday, March 15th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.24%. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.30 by $0.61. The company had revenue of $5.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 26.57%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.75 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's Earnings History.

Whirlpool is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $16.00-$17.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $16.34.

9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's share price to reach $159.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Whirlpool.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Whirlpool in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Whirlpool.

Media headlines about WHR stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,940,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the January 15th total of 6,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 876,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.9 days. Currently, 11.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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Whirlpool's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.01%), Greenhaven Associates Inc. (4.36%), LSV Asset Management (3.68%), Boston Partners (3.20%), FMR LLC (3.10%) and Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.78%). Company insiders that own Whirlpool stock include Diane M Dietz, Gary T Dicamillo, James W Peters, Joseph T Liotine and Michael F Johnston. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American International Group Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, FMR LLC, Greenhaven Associates Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, South Dakota Investment Council, LSV Asset Management and Perpetual Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Whirlpool company stock in the last year include Gary T Dicamillo, James W Peters and Michael F Johnston. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hexavest Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $148.08.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $9.30 billion and generates $20.42 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.00 on an earnings per share basis. Whirlpool employs 77,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Whirlpool.

The official website for Whirlpool is http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/.

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]