Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 43.16, with weekly volatility at 2.10% and ATR at 0.75. The HUN stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $16.74 and a $32.35 high. Intraday shares traded counted 1.9 million, which was 15.88% higher than its 30-day average trading volume of 2.26M. Its shares traded higher over the last trading session, gaining 0.32% on 06/04/21. The shares fell to a low of $27.97 before closing at $28.25. HUN’s previous close was $28.16 while the outstanding shares total 220.40M. The firm has a beta of 1.40, a 12-month trailing P/E ratio of 15.39, and a growth ratio of 1.35.
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Investors have identified the Chemicals company Huntsman Corporation as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $6.24 billion, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.
Huntsman Corporation (HUN) Fundamentals that are to be considered.
When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. For HUN, the company has in raw cash 673.0 million on their books with 57.0 million currently as liabilities. How the trend is over time is what investors should be concerned about. The company has a healthy balance sheet as their debt profile has been on a decline. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 2.93 billion total, with 1.56 billion as their total liabilities.
HUN were able to record -115.0 million as free cash flow during the 08/03/2021 quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by -920.0 million. In cash movements, the company had a total of -17.0 million as operating cash flow.
Potential earnings growth for Huntsman Corporation (HUN)
In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the 08/03/2021 quarter of the year, Huntsman Corporation recorded a total of 1.84 billion in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with 13.28% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the 08/03/2021 quarter increasing by 9.2%.
What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 1.45 billion trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 392.0 million. This allows shareholders to hold on to 220.40M with the recently reported earning now reading 0.37 cents per share. This is a figure that compared to analyst’s prediction for their 08/03/2021 (0.66 cents a share).
Having a look at the company’s valuation, the company is expected to record 2.96 total earnings per share during the next fiscal year. It is very important though to remember that the importance of trend far outweighs that of outlook. This analysis has been great and getting further updates on HUN sounds very interesting.
Is the stock of HUN attractive?
In related news, VP and Controller, Wright Randy W. sold 42,671 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on Jun 01. The sale was performed at an average price of 28.99, for a total value of 1,237,032. As the sale deal closes, the VP and Controller, Wright Randy W. now sold 42,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 1,228,208. Also, Division President, Wright Scott J sold 9,016 shares of the company’s stock in a deal that was recorded on Feb 24. The shares were price at an average price of 28.64 per share, with a total market value of 258,195. Following this completion of acquisition, the Director, Beckerle Mary C now holds 15,251 shares of the company’s stock, valued at 399,180. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 3.40%.
16 out of 20 analysts covering the stock have rated it a Buy, while 3 have maintained a Hold recommendation on Huntsman Corporation. 0 analysts has assigned a Sell rating on the HUN stock. The 12-month mean consensus price target for the company’s shares has been set at $35.70.
