Huntsman Corporation $HUN Shares Sold by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lessened its position in shares of Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) by 62.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 43,349 shares of the basic materials company’s stock after selling 72,232 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Huntsman were worth $389,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Entropy Technologies LP increased its position in Huntsman by 453.9% in the 2nd quarter. Entropy Technologies LP now owns 107,649 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,122,000 after acquiring an additional 88,215 shares during the period. Arkadios Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Huntsman in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $572,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Huntsman in the third quarter valued at approximately $799,000. Boston Partners raised its stake in shares of Huntsman by 657.9% during the second quarter. Boston Partners now owns 982,508 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $10,102,000 after purchasing an additional 852,877 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Huntsman by 47.4% during the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 558,344 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $5,818,000 after purchasing an additional 179,476 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.81% of the company’s stock.

Key Huntsman News

Here are the key news stories impacting Huntsman this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management flagged a targeted $100 million of cost savings in 2026 and said it is eyeing industry consolidation opportunities — a concrete margin-improvement plan that could boost earnings leverage if executed. Huntsman signals $100M cost savings in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0875/share (payable Mar 31; record Mar 13), supporting yield-focused investors and reinforcing cash-return discipline. Huntsman Announces First Quarter 2026 Common Dividend
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying by the CFO (reported purchase) can be read as management confidence in the company’s outlook and may support investor sentiment. Quiver Quantitative coverage (insider activity)
• Neutral Sentiment: Management presented its Q4 results and an earnings-call slide deck describing strategic growth initiatives amid challenging end markets — useful context but dependent on execution and timing. Huntsman Corp (HUN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 showed a wider adjusted loss (adjusted diluted loss of $0.37 vs. $0.25 a year ago) and missed the EPS consensus (reported -$0.37 vs. -$0.29 expected). Management cited pricing pressure, weaker volumes and soft demand; revenue fell ~6.7% YoY despite a slight revenue beat — these factors cloud near-term earnings recovery. HUN Q4 Earnings Miss, Sales Top Estimates Amid Pricing Pressure
• Negative Sentiment: Unusual options activity showed heavy put buying (large volume of puts), which can indicate short-term hedging/speculation and downside pressure on the stock. Options activity / MarketBeat
• Negative Sentiment: Mizuho raised its price target modestly to $9 but kept an “underperform” rating — a signal that some sell-side analysts remain cautious and could cap upside until fundamentals improve. Mizuho price target/rating note

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on HUN. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Huntsman from $8.50 to $9.50 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Huntsman from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Huntsman in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Alembic Global Advisors set a $11.00 price objective on Huntsman in a report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Huntsman from $20.00 to $11.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $11.09.

Huntsman Stock Performance

Shares of HUN stock opened at $13.38 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $11.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.36. The stock has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a PE ratio of -8.16 and a beta of 0.70. Huntsman Corporation has a 1 year low of $7.30 and a 1 year high of $18.53.

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The basic materials company reported ($0.37) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.29) by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $1.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.34 billion. Huntsman had a negative net margin of 5.00% and a negative return on equity of 3.93%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.25) EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Huntsman Corporation will post 0.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Huntsman Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.0875 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.35 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.6%. Huntsman’s payout ratio is presently -18.42%.

Huntsman Profile

Huntsman Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals with headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas. Founded in 1970 by entrepreneur Jon Huntsman Sr., the company has grown through strategic acquisitions and organic expansion to establish a broad portfolio of products serving diverse end markets. Huntsman maintains a presence in more than 30 countries, operating manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East.

The company organizes its operations into several core business segments, including Polyurethanes, Performance Products, Advanced Materials, and Textile Effects.