NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Whirlpool declared 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 dividend yield of 3.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.30 by $0.61. The business earned $5.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 5.80% and a return on equity of 26.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.75 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's Earnings History.

Whirlpool is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $16.34.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's stock price to reach $159.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Whirlpool.

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.

Media coverage about WHR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,940,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the January 15th total of 6,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 876,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.9 days. Approximately 11.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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Whirlpool's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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 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 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 for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hexavest Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 $147.19.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $9.24 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]