NYSE:WHRWhirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whirlpool's stock was trading at $110.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WHR stock has increased by 8.3% and is now trading at $119.70. View which stocks have been most 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, 6 hold ratings and 2 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 Monday, July 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The company reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.82. The firm had revenue of $4.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.30 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 4.33% and a return on equity of 25.56%. The firm's revenue was down 9.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.11 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's earnings history.

Whirlpool declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $4.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.01%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Whirlpool's dividend history.

Whirlpool issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $16.744-17.765 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.36 billion.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's share price to reach $129.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whirlpool.

News stories about WHR stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a daily sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutWhirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 7,250,000 shares, an increase of 15.4% from the April 15th total of 6,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.1 days. Currently, 11.9% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Primecap Management Co. CA (11.68%), BlackRock Inc. (7.36%), State Street Corp (4.93%), Lyrical Asset Management LP (2.60%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.67%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.65%). Company insiders that own Whirlpool stock include Diane M Dietz, Gary T Dicamillo, James W Peters, 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 Primecap Management Co. CA, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Wells Fargo & Company MN, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, UBS Group AG, Lyrical Asset Management LP, Invesco Ltd., and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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 ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, and Advisor Group Holdings Inc.. 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 $119.70.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $7.44 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.

The official website for Whirlpool is 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]