Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals
Olin Corporation OLN
$15.90 -0.38% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.81B
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 6.6× 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.
- Over the past year the stock returned -37.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 53.0 percentage points.
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 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 16%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
- Gross marginBottom 13%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
- Interest coverBottom 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 12%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 9%
- 6-month returnBottom 6%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 3%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 9%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 40%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 12%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.6% | 0.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 8.7% | 6.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | -1.3% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.1% | 1.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | 2.6% | ↓ | Bottom 29% |
| Gross margin | 6.9% | 8.7% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Operating margin | -1.3% | 2.1% | ↓ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | -2.1% | -0.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.5% | 4.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.0% | — | Bottom 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -10.2% | — | Bottom 16% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.62×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.03%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.94%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.97%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.4%
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
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $22.88
- Target vs current price
- +43.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 35
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- 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 | +0.0% | -0.1% | -15.6% | -21.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +3.0% | -7.1% | -1.4% | -13.4% | -35.3% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +9.2% | -1.8% | +11.9% | +5.1% | +17.7% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | +426.9% | -0.2% | -14.0% | -17.8% | +1.7% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | -50.5% | -2.0% | -14.3% | +9.0% | +9.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | +140.0% | +0.1% | -5.7% | -6.9% | -3.7% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1000.0% | -1.6% | -18.2% | -23.2% | -32.6% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -516.7% | -0.1% | -8.8% | -9.5% | -25.6% |
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 | $0.07 | $0.07 | +0.0% | $1.74B |
| May 7, 2026 | -$0.65 | -$0.67 | +3.0% | $1.58B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | -$0.58 | -$0.64 | +9.2% | $1.67B |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.08 | +426.9% | $1.71B |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $0.05 | $0.10 | -50.5% | $1.76B |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.04 | -$0.10 | +140.0% | $1.64B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.09 | -$0.01 | +1000.0% | $1.67B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -$0.21 | -$0.03 | -516.7% | $1.59B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 10.3× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 0.75× | — | — | Top 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.55% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | -7.74% | — | — | Bottom 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.5× – 45.5× since Sep 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)
- -9.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -30.6%
- RSI (14)
- 36.5
- Relative volume
- 1.43×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 50.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 75th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.00
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -47.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2022 | Sep 29, 2026 | -76.9% | 1084 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Mar 8, 2022 | -30.8% | 78 days | 40 days (May 4, 2022) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -19.7% | 33 days | 32 days (Sep 1, 2021) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -15.0% | 10 days | 9 days (Feb 9, 2021) |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -14.1% | 13 days | 21 days (Oct 20, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.81B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.23
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.70B
- Dividend yield
- 5.03%
- 52-week range
- $14.95 – $30.46
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.91B | $9.38B | $6.83B | $6.54B | $6.78B |
| Gross profit | $2.29B | $2.18B | $1.16B | $737.5M | $501.5M |
| Operating income | $1.85B | $1.78B | $712.1M | $296.5M | $113.2M |
| Net income | $1.30B | $1.33B | $460.2M | $108.6M | -$42.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.96 | $8.94 | $3.57 | $0.91 | -$0.37 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.59B | $1.67B | $1.64B | $1.76B | $1.71B | $1.67B | $1.58B | $1.74B |
| Net income | -$24.9M | $10.7M | $1.4M | -$1.3M | $43.0M | -$85.7M | -$83.0M | -$13.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.21 | $0.09 | $0.01 | -$0.01 | $0.37 | -$0.75 | -$0.73 | -$0.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.74B | $1.92B | $974.3M | $503.2M | $474.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$200.6M | -$236.9M | -$236.0M | -$195.1M | -$226.3M |
| Free cash flow | $1.54B | $1.69B | $738.3M | $308.1M | $247.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$127.8M | -$116.2M | -$101.0M | -$94.2M | -$91.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$251.9M | -$1.35B | -$711.3M | -$300.3M | -$48.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $177.4M
- Total assets
- $7.44B
- Total liabilities
- $5.73B
- Total debt
- $3.41B
- Net debt
- $3.23B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.71B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $0.20 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | $0.20 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | $0.20 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.20 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $0.20 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.20 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | $0.20 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,914,192
- Days to cover
- 5.30
- Change vs previous report
- +11.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 9, 1999
- 63-for-40
- Oct 31, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Sep 9, 1977
- 2-for-1