Huntsman Corp (HUN) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $16.81, with 4.6 million shares of worth about $77.36 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -23.42% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -3.61%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 172.14M shares, out of which, 163.21M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.76% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -5.56%. Year-to-date (YTD), HUN shares are showing a performance of -6.77% which decreased to -33.53% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $15.46 but also hit the highest price of $26.48 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Huntsman Corp shares is 3.00 million. The stock is currently trading -2.16% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.87% for SMA50 and it goes to -18.31% lower than SMA200.
Huntsman Corp (NYSE: HUN) currently have 172.14M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 86.52% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $2.91B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.82. It has posted earnings per share of -$0.94 in the same period. It has Quick Ratio of 0.77 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for HUN, volatility over the week remained 3.21% while standing at 4.31% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Huntsman Corp (HUN) stock would likely to be making an EPS of -0.08 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 0.11 and it is 0.84 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target -0.15 which is -0.03 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of -0.06 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 319.86% while it is estimated to increase by 391.98% in next year.
Coverage by JP Morgan stated Huntsman Corp (HUN) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on June 07, 2024, suggesting a price target of $27 for the stock. On February 23, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 11, 2023, Morgan Stanley Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $28. Stock get a Buy rating from BofA Securities on October 18, 2023.
