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. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $1.15 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. This is a boost from Whirlpool's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, July 27th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $2,350,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 16.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $2.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.96 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $4.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.95 billion. Whirlpool had a return on equity of 19.07% and a net margin of 1.36%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.50 EPS. 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.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Whirlpool's shares. Their predictions 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 16.0% 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 decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,041,517 shares, a decrease of 45.3% from the May 31st total of 9,224,218 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,294,878 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 7.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about WHR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a coverage optimism score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company an impact score of 47.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Whirlpool's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Hartford Investment Management Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Investment House LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was bought 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 $151.80.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $10.75 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]