NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whirlpool's stock was trading at $110.49 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WHR stock has decreased by 23.7% and is now trading at $84.26. 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 Wednesday, April 22nd 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) posted its earnings results 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 firm earned $5.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a return on equity of 26.57% and a net margin of 5.80%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.75 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's earnings history.

Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share on Sunday, March 15th. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Whirlpool's dividend history.

Whirlpool updated 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's share price to reach $150.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 78.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whirlpool.

Media stories about WHR stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWhirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,214,000 shares, a decline of 13.8% from the February 27th total of 8,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 901,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 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."

Whirlpool's stock is owned by a number 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, Michael F Johnston and Shengpo Wu. 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 activity for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Norges Bank, AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hexavest Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have bought Whirlpool stock in the last two years include Diane M Dietz, and Shengpo Wu. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $84.26.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $5.28 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]