Huntsman Corp (NYSE: HUN) Drops -2.91% Over A Month, But Analysts Still See Upside Potential

Huntsman Corp (NYSE:HUN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.31M but it saw 1666640 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.00B USD, the company’s current market price of $17.36 came falling about -0.69 while comparing to the previous closing price of $17.48. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $27.01 and as low as $15.95. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $17.26 while lowest mark touched by it was $17.59.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Huntsman Corp (HUN) gives us an average price of $17.38, while its current price level is -35.73% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 8.84% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $18.63 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $21.99. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.95% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.43%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 43.18 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

JP Morgan upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Underweight” on June 07, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $22-$27. Wells Fargo issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $25 and $32.

Over the week, HUN’s stock price is moving -0.17% down while it is -2.91% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -3.72% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -26.32%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in February, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -0.07 while estimate for next year EPS is 0.09. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.52B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $6.03B and seeing the company making $6.28B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.45B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Huntsman Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 172.14M with 5.75% of that held by the insiders while 86.23% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -2.14% and return on equity (ROE) at -3.21%. It has a 29.24 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.97. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.96 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.50. Its return on asset (ROA) is -1.43% on average.