For the quarter ended September 2025, Huntsman (HUN) reported revenue of $1.46 billion, down 5.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at -$0.03, compared to $0.10 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.15% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.44 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.13, the EPS surprise was +76.92%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Huntsman performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales Volume - Polyurethanes: 4% compared to the 0.3% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Local Currency & Mix - Polyurethanes: -10% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -2.4%.
- Total - Polyurethanes: -5% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -5.5%.
- Sales Volume - Performance Products: -10% versus -1.7% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Local Currency & Mix - Performance Products: -2% versus -1.7% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Exchange Rate - Advanced Materials: 2% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -0.9%.
- Sales Volume - Advanced Materials: 1% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1.3%.
- Local Currency & Mix - Advanced Materials: -1% versus 0.1% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- Polyurethanes: $956 million compared to the $953.71 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Advanced Materials: $265 million versus $254.02 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.5% change.
- Revenues- Performance Products: $246 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $265.42 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -12.1%.
- Revenues- Intersegment Eliminations: $-7 million compared to the $-7.48 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +75% year over year.
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Shares of Huntsman have returned -14.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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