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. Stockholders 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 3.06%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. This is a positive change from Whirlpool's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, July 27th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 16.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.96 by $0.15. The business earned $4.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.95 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 19.07%. Whirlpool's revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $14.50-15.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $15.28.

10 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts 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 17.1% 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 decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,041,517 shares, a decline of 45.3% from the May 31st total of 9,224,218 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,294,878 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 7.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about WHR stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the company an impact score of 46.38 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Whirlpool's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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., Westpac Banking Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Investment House LLC and Patten & Patten Inc. TN. 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, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Foothills Asset Management Ltd. and Raymond James Trust N.A.. 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 $150.44.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $10.67 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]