Huntsman Corp (NYSE: HUN) is -25.35% 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 $13.39 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $13.46, the stock is -0.29% and -13.55% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.03 million and changing 0.52% at the moment leaves the stock -30.37% off its SMA200. HUN registered -43.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -41.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.57 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $19.32985.
The stock witnessed a -14.92% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.26%, and is 2.91% 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 4.95% over the week and 6.59% over the month.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) has around 6300 employees, a market worth around $2.34B and $6.04B in sales. Fwd P/E is 21.15. Profit margin for the company is -2.68%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.11% and -48.07% 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 137.61% this year.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) Top Institutional Holders
443.0 institutions hold shares in Huntsman Corp (HUN), with institutional investors hold 88.54% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.14M, and float is at 163.93M with Short Float at 5.67%. Institutions hold 83.72% 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 9.5202% 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).
