With 2.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.93 million shares. The 52-week range on HUN shows that it touched its highest point at $25.12 and its lowest point at $10.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.87. With its current market cap of 2.09 billion, HUN has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 8.31%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.75.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.79%, but this was down by -6.88% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.12% while six-month performance fell -39.44%. The stock lost -49.37% in the past year, while it has lost -33.22% 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 -336.06% for this year and 173.11% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 172.60 million HUN shares are outstanding with a float of 163.69 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.
