Huntsman HUN · Forecast & Analysis
- Huntsman is still losing money: the latest quarter produced a net loss of $18 million, so the bearish case rests on weak profitability rather than on any price trend.
- The loss did shrink from $25 million a year earlier and the per-share loss fell from $0.14 to $0.10, an improvement in direction that has not yet reached break-even.
- Short, medium and long horizons all point the same way, because one earnings picture is doing the work and nothing else in the picture pulls against it.
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What drives it
- A net loss of $18 million keeps Huntsman in loss-making territory, and that is the core of the bearish reading.
- Diluted loss per share of $0.10 means the quarter added nothing to per-share earnings, leaving no profit to build on.
- The same period a year ago was also a loss, so weak profitability looks like a pattern rather than a single bad quarter.
What argues against it
- The loss narrowed from $25 million to $18 million year on year; if that pace continues, the bearish case weakens with each report.
- Loss per share improved from $0.14 to $0.10, a sign the deterioration may be easing rather than deepening.
- A dense run of US data is due in the coming days, including jobless claims, payrolls, wages, consumer sentiment and inflation, and can move the whole market regardless of company news.
- Any fresh company statement on costs, volumes or portfolio actions would carry more weight than the current quarterly figures and could shift the picture.
Coming up
- US: Jobless claims
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- US: Producer prices · expected 0.4%, previous 0.7%
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What is being reported about HUN
In-depth analysis of Huntsman
AI-generated · as of November 4, 2026
Losses, not profits, are still the story at Huntsman, and that single fact carries the whole bearish case. The third-quarter 2026 report showed a net loss of $18 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.10.
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A year earlier the loss was $25 million, or $0.14 a share, so the direction of travel has improved — but the company still spends more than it earns, and one quarter of narrowing does not change that. There is no independent read on the share price to set against this: no trend signals are active on any timeframe, so nothing in the price behaviour either confirms or contradicts the earnings picture. For a reader, the practical point is that this is a profitability question rather than a momentum one. The move from a $25 million loss to an $18 million one is real and shows the gap closing; carried further, it would eventually matter. Against that, earnings per share remain negative, and a company reporting red ink has little cushion if demand in its markets softens or if pricing stays difficult. A heavy slate of US economic releases lands in the coming days, but those describe the wider demand backdrop rather than Huntsman itself and say nothing about whether the company can sell its products at a profit. What would change the view is evidence of a quarter at or near break-even, or clear disclosure on costs and volumes that puts a floor under earnings. Until that appears, the balance stays bearish.
Frequently asked questions about Huntsman
Why is Huntsman rated bearish if its loss got smaller than last year?
Because smaller is not the same as gone. The quarter still ended with a net loss of $18 million and a diluted loss per share of $0.10. The improvement from a $25 million loss and $0.14 a share a year earlier shows the gap closing, but the company is not yet earning money at the bottom line. A business that is still posting losses has less room to absorb softer demand or pricing pressure, which is why the balance of the evidence sits on the bearish side even with the better comparison.
What did the latest quarterly report actually show?
Huntsman reported a net loss of $18 million for the third quarter of 2026, with a diluted loss per share of $0.10. In the same period a year earlier the net loss was $25 million and the diluted loss per share was $0.14. So both measures improved, and the size of the shortfall fell, but the quarter was still a loss rather than a profit.
What would change the bearish view?
A quarter at or close to break-even would be the clearest signal, since it would show the improvement in the loss running all the way to profitability rather than stopping short. Failing that, concrete disclosure on costs and sales volumes that suggests earnings have found a floor would also count. On the other side, a report where the loss widens again instead of narrowing would reinforce the current bearish stance.
Do the upcoming US economic releases matter for Huntsman shares?
They set the background rather than the story. A dense stretch of US data is due shortly, covering employment, wages, consumer sentiment and inflation, and releases of that size can move the whole market whatever a single company reports. For Huntsman specifically, the quarterly earnings picture is the driver that matters most; the macro numbers are worth watching mainly because they can shift the demand environment the company sells into.
📝 Overview Generated automatically
HUN has been the subject of 1 signals across 1 articles in the last 365 days. Sentiment skews Bearish (100%).
Breakdown: 0 bullish, 1 bearish, 0 neutral.
Most-cited catalysts: Reduction in net loss from $25 million to $18 million year-over-year (1×), Improvement in diluted loss per share from $0.14 to $0.10 (1×). Most-cited risk factors: Continued net losses indicating ongoing operational or market challenges (1×), Failure to achieve positive earnings per share (1×).