Huntsman Corp (NYSE: HUN) is -27.34% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.90 and a high of $25.92 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HUN stock was last observed hovering at around $13.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.62%.
Currently trading at $13.10, the stock is -11.98% and -19.34% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.99 million and changing -4.52% at the moment leaves the stock -33.63% off its SMA200. HUN registered -45.62% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -45.28%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.2402 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $19.73725.
The stock witnessed a -25.82% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.93%, and is 6.94% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.75% over the week and 6.12% over the month.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) has around 6300 employees, a market worth around $2.28B and $6.04B in sales. Fwd P/E is 20.46. Profit margin for the company is -2.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.08% and -49.46% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.36%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 145.77% this year.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) Top Institutional Holders
454.0 institutions hold shares in Huntsman Corp (HUN), with institutional investors hold 92.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.14M, and float is at 163.93M with Short Float at 4.20%. Institutions hold 87.42% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.38 million shares valued at $373.07 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5368% of the HUN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 14.26 million shares valued at $324.61 million to account for 8.2835 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 9.99 million shares representing 5.8123% and valued at over $227.37 million, while ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC holds 3.8686 of the shares totaling 6.66 million with a market value of $151.6 million.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Huntsman Peter R, the company’s Chairman, President & CEO. SEC filings show that Huntsman Peter R bought 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $16.50 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 6.5 million shares.
Huntsman Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 04 ’25 that Huntsman Peter R (Chairman, President & CEO) bought a total of 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 04 ’25 and was made at $15.73 per share for $0.24 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 6.51 million shares of the HUN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 06 ’24, Beckerle Mary C (Director) disposed off 20,201 shares at an average price of $21.42 for $0.43 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Huntsman Corp (HUN).
