NYSE:WHRWhirlpool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Whirlpool's stock was trading at $110.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WHR shares have 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The company reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.82. The business had revenue of $4.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.30 billion. Whirlpool had a return on equity of 25.56% and a net margin of 4.33%. Whirlpool's revenue for the quarter was down 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.11 earnings per share. View Whirlpool's earnings history.

Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 21st. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be given 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 updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Whirlpool's stock price to reach $129.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Whirlpool.

Media headlines about WHR stock have been trending extremely negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWhirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.1 days. Currently, 11.9% of the shares of the 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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]