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Huntsman Corporation

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19
Chemicals · Basic Materials
Price
$11.79
-0.07 (-0.59%)
Market Cap
$2.07B
Winston Score
19
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

22.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 221.4M (2021) → 172.6M (2025)

Huntsman Corporation is a chemical company that makes specialty chemicals used in everyday products like mattresses, insulation, paints, and clothing. Its main business is producing polyurethanes — a type of material that goes into foam and coatings — along with performance products and advanced materials sold to manufacturers in construction, automotive, and consumer goods industries. Huntsman operates globally, with major customers being industrial companies that use its chemicals as ingredients in their own products.

Huntsman earns money by selling chemicals in bulk to other businesses, so its revenue rises and falls with industrial demand and raw material costs. The company operates across North America, Europe, and Asia, generating roughly $6 billion in annual revenue, but thin margins leave little room for error when input costs rise. Its negative operating margin reflects ongoing pressure from weak demand in key end markets like construction and automotive, and the main risk is that a prolonged industrial slowdown could continue to squeeze profitability before a meaningful recovery takes hold.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$120M/ year

Flat (-1% vs prior year)

2.1% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

12.8%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~12 months

$369M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Growth context

Huntsman Corporation is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
12.9%
Thin — 12.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
-0.6%
Losing money on operations — -0.6%
ROCE
-0.2%
Weak — -0.2% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-4.7%
Shrinking sales (-4.7% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
2.4%
Thin free cash flow (2.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.79
Moderate — manageable debt (0.79)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
4.35%
Healthy income — 4.35% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth
-48.8%
Dividend cut (-48.8% YoY) — warning sign

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