Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals
Huntsman Corporation HUN
$8.53 -1.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.50B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 7.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 46% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 20%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 31%
- Gross marginBottom 23%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Interest coverBottom 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 30%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 7%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnBottom 13%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 24%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 25%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 46%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 20%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -4.7% | 0.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 13.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -0.5% | -0.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 2.3% | -0.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | -4.7% | ↑ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 13.7% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Operating margin | -0.1% | -0.5% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | -2.9% | -5.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.2% | 2.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.1% | — | Bottom 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.9% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 7.67×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.08%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -23.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $11.57
- Target vs current price
- +35.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 33
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 42%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -156.4% | +0.9% | -15.2% | -19.5% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +13.0% | +8.5% | +14.0% | +16.8% | -11.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -27.6% | -6.5% | -5.5% | -10.7% | +8.9% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +76.9% | -3.5% | +10.3% | +30.2% | +68.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -33.3% | -2.1% | -6.8% | +10.9% | -11.7% |
| May 1, 2025 | +0.0% | +0.5% | -15.8% | -14.5% | -18.4% |
| Feb 17, 2025 | -257.1% | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.9% | -23.7% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | +11.1% | -0.4% | -7.0% | -9.4% | -22.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -$0.03 | $0.06 | -156.4% | $1.66B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -$0.20 | -$0.23 | +13.0% | $1.42B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -$0.37 | -$0.29 | -27.6% | $1.35B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.13 | +76.9% | $1.46B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -$0.20 | -$0.15 | -33.3% | $1.46B |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 | +0.0% | $1.41B |
| Feb 17, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.07 | -257.1% | $1.45B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $0.10 | $0.09 | +11.1% | $1.54B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 13.0× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 0.62× | — | — | Top 7% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -0.60% | — | — | Bottom 30% |
| Earnings yield | -11.66% | — | — | Bottom 18% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.0× – 79.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -28.3%
- RSI (14)
- 35.2
- Relative volume
- 1.11×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 86th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.04
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -72.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2022 | Nov 6, 2025 | -82.0% | 932 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 7, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 | -23.1% | 73 days | 34 days (Oct 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.50B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.99
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.90B
- Dividend yield
- 4.10%
- 52-week range
- $7.30 – $16.09
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.67B | $8.02B | $6.11B | $6.04B | $5.68B |
| Gross profit | $1.58B | $1.55B | $906.0M | $866.0M | $751.0M |
| Operating income | $731.0M | $672.0M | $84.0M | -$25.0M | -$39.0M |
| Net income | $1.04B | $460.0M | $101.0M | -$189.0M | -$275.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.72 | $2.27 | $0.57 | -$1.10 | -$1.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.54B | $1.45B | $1.41B | $1.46B | $1.46B | $1.35B | $1.42B | $1.66B |
| Net income | -$33.0M | -$141.0M | -$4.0M | -$159.0M | -$24.0M | -$88.0M | -$53.0M | -$6.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.12 | -$0.82 | -$0.02 | -$0.92 | -$0.14 | -$0.51 | -$0.31 | -$0.03 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $952.0M | $914.0M | $209.0M | $263.0M | $289.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$326.0M | -$272.0M | -$230.0M | -$184.0M | -$173.0M |
| Free cash flow | $626.0M | $642.0M | -$21.0M | $79.0M | $116.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$159.0M | -$171.0M | -$169.0M | -$174.0M | -$146.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$190.0M | -$999.0M | -$344.0M | -$4.0M | -$3.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $346.0M
- Total assets
- $7.19B
- Total liabilities
- $4.26B
- Total debt
- $2.50B
- Net debt
- $2.15B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.69B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.09 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.25 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,996,262
- Days to cover
- 6.05
- Change vs previous report
- +0.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 4, 2014
- 10-for-1