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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.30 by $0.61. The business had revenue of $5.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 26.57%. The firm's revenue was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $16.00-$17.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $16.34.

9 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's stock price to reach $159.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% 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 coverage about WHR stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily volume of 876,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.9 days. Currently, 11.3% of the shares of the company 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 purchased 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 $139.01.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $8.73 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]