With 2.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.68 million shares. The 52-week range on HUN shows that it touched its highest point at $27.01 and its lowest point at $15.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.71. With its current market cap of 2.98 billion, HUN has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 5.81%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.97.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HUN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.66%, but this was down by -0.81% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.33% while six-month performance fell -21.53%. The stock lost -34.18% in the past year, while it has lost -4.60% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HUN yields -0.94 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.88. For the next quarter, that number is -0.08. This implies an EPS growth rate of 336.77% for this year and 364.90% for next year.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HUN since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $0.07983923 being high and $0.07278481 being low. For HUN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.076959. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.25 and the low estimate is $0.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.12.
