NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whirlpool's stock was trading at $110.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WHR shares have decreased by 25.9% and is now trading at $81.83. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

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.

Whirlpool is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.30 by $0.61. The company had revenue of $5.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.75 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's earnings history.

Whirlpool declared 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 5.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Whirlpool's dividend history.

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

9 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $178.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's stock price to reach $140.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 71.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whirlpool.

Media stories about WHR stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWhirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,214,000 shares, a drop of 13.8% from the February 27th total of 8,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 901,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.0 days. Approximately 11.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of WHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $81.83.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $5.13 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]