Whirlpool Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WHR)

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

Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share on Sunday, December 15th. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $3.97 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.90 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $5.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.14 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 4.39% and a return on equity of 30.55%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.55 EPS. View Whirlpool's Earnings History.

Whirlpool will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Whirlpool issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $14.75-$15.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $15.24.

7 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Whirlpool's stock. Their predictions range from $125.00 to $178.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's stock price to reach $151.92 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Whirlpool.

7 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 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Whirlpool.

Media coverage about WHR stock has trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,700,000 shares, an increase of 6.8% from the August 30th total of 4,400,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 720,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.5 days. Approximately 7.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Whirlpool investors own include Micron Technology (MU), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Boeing (BA), Home Depot (HD), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Caterpillar (CAT).

Whirlpool's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.73%), Robecosam AG (0.12%), Perpetual Ltd (0.12%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.12%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.10%) and Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.09%). Company insiders that own Whirlpool stock include Diane M Dietz, 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 Perpetual Ltd, Robecosam AG, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Regent Investment Management LLC and Searcy Financial Services Inc. ADV. Company insiders that have sold Whirlpool company stock in the last year include 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 Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Exane Derivatives, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, CX Institutional, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Alpha Windward LLC. 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 $160.62.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $10.20 billion and generates $21.04 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-183,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $15.16 on an earnings per share basis. Whirlpool employs 92,000 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]