Are Huntsman Corp (HUN) stocks a prudent buy?

Huntsman Corp [HUN] stock is trading at $17.87, up 2.64%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HUN shares have gain 10.24% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.00%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Huntsman Corp [NYSE: HUN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 15, 2025, when Alembic Global Advisors downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on June 07, 2024, and elevated its price target to $27. On February 23, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $32 on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but stick to its price target of $28 on December 11, 2023. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but $27 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 18, 2023. Citigroup started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on June 14, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $27. In a note dated April 12, 2023, Mizuho initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $27 on this stock.

Huntsman Corp [HUN] stock has fluctuated between $15.95 and $27.01 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21.33 within the next 12 months. Huntsman Corp [NYSE: HUN] shares were valued at $17.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.36% based on the average HUN price forecast.

Analyzing the HUN fundamentals

Huntsman Corp [NYSE:HUN] reported sales of 5.99B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.26%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.14% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.0%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.0%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.02, Equity is -0.04 and Total Capital is 0.0. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.73.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 17.60 points at the first support level, and at 17.33 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 18.19.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Huntsman Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.47. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.83, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.52, the price to book ratio is 0.99.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Beckerle Mary C, Director, that happened on Nov 06 ’24 when 20201.0 shares were sold. Director, Beckerle Mary C completed a deal on Nov 06 ’24 to buy 20201.0 shares. Meanwhile, Exec VP, GC and Sec STRYKER DAVID M bought 2500.0 shares on Aug 12 ’24.

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