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 20.6% and is now trading at $87.71. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.30 by $0.61. The business had revenue of $5.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 26.57%. Whirlpool's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.75 EPS. View Whirlpool's earnings history.

Whirlpool announced 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 dividend yield of 5.47%. The ex-dividend date 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 price targets for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's stock price to reach $150.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 71.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whirlpool.

Media coverage about WHR stock has trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWhirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a decrease in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,214,000 shares, a decrease of 13.8% from the February 27th total of 8,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 901,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.0 days. Approximately 11.6% of the company's stock 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $87.71.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $5.50 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]