Whirlpool Stock Forecast, Price & 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 75.4% and is now trading at $193.80.
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8 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Whirlpool is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 25th 2021.
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Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 21st. The company reported $6.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.50 by $3.41. Whirlpool had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 4.42%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.97 EPS.
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Whirlpool announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 19th. Investors of record on Friday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 19th. This is an increase from Whirlpool's previous quarterly dividend of $1.20.
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Whirlpool updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $17.50-18.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $13.71. The company issued revenue guidance of -5-7% (implying $19-19.4 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.24 billion.

8 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Whirlpool's shares. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $237.00. On average, they expect Whirlpool's stock price to reach $183.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%.
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Whirlpool saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,020,000 shares, a drop of 17.6% from the September 30th total of 4,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 699,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.7 days. Approximately 6.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.94%), State Street Corp (5.11%), Greenhaven Associates Inc. (4.48%), LSV Asset Management (3.48%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.48%) and Boston Partners (2.05%). Company insiders that own Whirlpool stock include Christopher S Conley, Gary T Dicamillo, Gilles Morel, James W Peters, Marc R Bitzer, Michael F Johnston and Shengpo Wu.
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WHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Sound Shore Management Inc CT, Newport Trust Co, Boston Partners, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, and LSV Asset Management. Company insiders that have sold Whirlpool company stock in the last year include Christopher S Conley, Gary T Dicamillo, Gilles Morel, Marc R Bitzer, and Michael F Johnston.
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WHR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, State Street Corp, Morgan Stanley, Iszo Capital Management LP, Albar Capital Ltd, and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc..
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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 $193.80.

Whirlpool has a market capitalization of $12.12 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]