What is KeyCorp’s Forecast for Olin FY2026 Earnings?

Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN) – Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for Olin in a research note issued on Sunday, April 13th. KeyCorp analyst A. Yefremov expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings per share of $2.04 for the year. KeyCorp currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $34.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Olin’s current full-year earnings is $1.38 per share.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Mizuho set a $23.00 price objective on shares of Olin in a research report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Olin from $25.00 to $19.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Olin from $31.00 to $28.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Barclays cut their price objective on Olin from $34.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered Olin from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $45.00 to $30.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $33.25.

Olin Price Performance

Shares of OLN stock opened at $20.26 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.32, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 1.27. The firm has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.51 and a beta of 1.50. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $24.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.92. Olin has a fifty-two week low of $17.66 and a fifty-two week high of $57.10.

Olin (NYSE:OLN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.01) by $0.10. Olin had a net margin of 1.66% and a return on equity of 5.10%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Olin

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in OLN. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in Olin by 14.4% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 4,998 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $240,000 after acquiring an additional 630 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Olin by 37.7% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 125,913 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $6,042,000 after purchasing an additional 34,485 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in shares of Olin during the third quarter valued at $256,000. Synovus Financial Corp bought a new stake in Olin in the 3rd quarter worth about $253,000. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in Olin by 19.2% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 1,073,087 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $51,015,000 after buying an additional 172,768 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.67% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Kenneth Todd Lane acquired 7,250 shares of Olin stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 4th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $28.06 per share, for a total transaction of $203,435.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 7,250 shares in the company, valued at $203,435. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Olin Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 6th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 6th. Olin’s dividend payout ratio is presently 88.89%.

About Olin

Olin Corporation manufactures and distributes chemical products in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls; Epoxy; and Winchester. The Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls segment offers chlorine and caustic soda, ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomers, methyl chloride, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products, potassium hydroxide, and chlorinated organics intermediates and solvents.