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 Monday, October 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $1.20 per share on Sunday, December 15th. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) released its earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The company reported $4.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.30 by $0.61. The company had revenue of $5.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.52 billion. Whirlpool had a net margin of 5.15% and a return on equity of 28.06%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.75 EPS. 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 issued an update on 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 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Whirlpool's stock. Their forecasts range from $129.00 to $178.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's share price to reach $157.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% 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 trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a coverage optimism score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Whirlpool.

Whirlpool saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,230,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the December 15th total of 5,720,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 824,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.6 days. Currently, 10.2% 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Greenhaven Associates Inc. (4.36%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.33%), Hexavest Inc. (0.31%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.15%). 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 Greenhaven Associates Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, California Public Employees Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, IMS Capital Management and Westbourne Investment Advisors Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Clear Street Markets LLC and Edmp Inc.. 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 $157.42.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $9.95 billion and generates $21.04 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-183,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $15.16 on an earnings per share basis. Whirlpool employs 92,000 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]