Huntsman Corporation (HUN) stock is lower by 3.17% over the past week and gets a Bearish rating from InvestorsObserver's Sentiment Indicator.
What is Stock Sentiment?
Sentiment is a very short-term indicator that is entirely technical. There is no information about the health of profitability of the underlying company in our sentiment score.
As a technical indicator, news about the stock, or company, such as an earnings release or other event, could move the stock counter to the recent trend.
Sentiment is how investors, or the market, feels about a stock. There are lots of ways to measure sentiment. At the core, sentiment is pretty easy to understand. If a stock is going up, investors must be bullish, while if it is going down, sentiment is bearish.
InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator looks at price trends over the past week and also considers changes in volume. Increasing volume can mean a trend is getting stronger, while decreasing volume can mean a trend is nearing a conclusion.
For stocks that have options, our system also considers the balance between calls, which are often bets that the price will go up, and puts, which are frequently bets that the price will fall.
What's Happening With HUN Stock Today?
Huntsman Corporation (HUN) stock has fallen -1.92% while the S&P 500 is higher by 0.57% as of 3:33 PM on Wednesday, Jul 8. HUN is lower by -$0.34 from the previous closing price of $17.74 on volume of 660,099 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 has risen 6.30% while HUN is lower by -10.26%. HUN earned $5.12 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.4.
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More About Huntsman Corporation
Huntsman Corp is a US-based manufacturer of differentiated organic chemical products. Its product portfolio comprises of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), amines, surfactants, maleic anhydride, epoxy-based polymer formulations, textile chemicals, dyes and others. The company's products are used in the adhesives, aerospace, automotive, construction products, among others. Its operating segments are Polyurethanes, Performance Products, Advanced Materials and Textile Effects. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Polyurethanes segment which includes product used to produce rigid and flexible foams, as well as coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers.
