With 2.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.02 million shares. The 52-week range on HUN shows that it touched its highest point at $25.78 and its lowest point at $11.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.07. With its current market cap of 2.02 billion, HUN has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 8.60%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.78.
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 -6.13%, but this was down by -9.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -33.92% while six-month performance fell -40.27%. The stock lost -53.78% in the past year, while it has lost -35.50% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HUN yields -0.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.26. For the next quarter, that number is -0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of -337.24% for this year and 173.74% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 172.60 million HUN shares are outstanding with a float of 163.84 million shares on hand for trading.
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 $0.08133258 being high and $0.0728051 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 $0.1 and the low estimate is -$0.14. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.02.
