NYSE:WHR - Whirlpool Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Whirlpool declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. This is a positive change from Whirlpool's previous quarterly dividend of $1.10. View Whirlpool's Dividend History.

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

Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) issued its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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 net margin of 1.36% and a return on equity of 19.07%. Whirlpool's quarterly revenue was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. 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.

Whirlpool issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $14.50-15.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $15.28.

10 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's stock price to reach $176.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% 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 decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,041,517 shares, a decline of 45.3% from the May 31st total of 9,224,218 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,294,878 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 7.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Whirlpool's Current Options Chain.

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News articles about WHR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Whirlpool earned a news impact score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company an impact score of 45.21 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Whirlpool's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.33%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%), Abner Herrman & Brock LLC (0.09%), Raymond James Trust N.A. (0.04%) and Investment House LLC (0.03%). 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 Pennsylvania Trust Co, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Investment House LLC and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. View Insider Buying and Selling for Whirlpool.

WHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Foothills Asset Management Ltd., Raymond James Trust N.A., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Cardinal Capital Management Inc.. 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 $155.77.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $11.03 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]