Huntsman (HUN) reported $1.36 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 6.7%. EPS of -$0.37 for the same period compares to -$0.25 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33 billion, representing a surprise of +2.04%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -25.68%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$0.29.
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: 2% compared to the -8% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Local currency & mix - Polyurethanes: -11% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -6%.
- Total - Polyurethanes: -8% versus -11.9% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Sales volume - Performance Products: -1% compared to the -8.8% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Local currency & mix - Performance Products: -6% versus the three-analyst average estimate of -0.3%.
- Exchange rate - Advanced Materials: 2% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 2.1%.
- Sales volume - Advanced Materials: -7% compared to the 0.5% average estimate based on three analysts.
- Local currency & mix - Advanced Materials: 1% versus -2.1% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- Polyurethanes: $897 million versus $861.63 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -7.5% change.
- Revenues- Advanced Materials: $243 million compared to the $256.43 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.3% year over year.
- Revenues- Performance Products: $224 million versus $221.92 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -6.3% change.
- Revenues- Intersegment eliminations: $-9 million versus $-15.95 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.2% change.
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Shares of Huntsman have returned +10.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -1.4% 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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