Huntsman Corp (NYSE: HUN) is -49.81% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.13 and a high of $25.12 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 $11.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.21%.
Currently trading at $11.78, the stock is 5.94% and 3.24% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.31 million and changing 1.82% at the moment leaves the stock -27.61% off its SMA200. HUN registered -34.66% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -34.08%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.4098 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $16.2733.
The stock witnessed a 14.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.75%, and is 6.51% 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 3.97% over the week and 4.22% over the month.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) has around 6300 employees, a market worth around $2.05B and $5.98B in sales. Fwd P/E is 113.78. Profit margin for the company is -2.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.29% and -53.11% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-2.60%).
with sales reaching $1.51B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -446.51% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.57% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -3.90% in year-over-year returns.
Huntsman Corp (HUN) Top Institutional Holders
450.0 institutions hold shares in Huntsman Corp (HUN), with institutional investors hold 94.06% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 172.60M, and float is at 163.69M with Short Float at 5.95%. Institutions hold 88.81% 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 5.8022% 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 45,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $11.19 per share for a total of $0.5 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 6.6 million shares.
Huntsman Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 05 ’25 that Huntsman Peter R (Chairman, President & CEO) bought a total of 42,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 05 ’25 and was made at $11.74 per share for $0.49 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 6.56 million shares of the HUN stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Huntsman Peter R (Chairman, President & CEO) acquired 15,000 shares at an average price of $16.50 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 6,498,227 shares of Huntsman Corp (HUN).
