2,343 Shares in Whirlpool Corporation $WHR Purchased by Semanteon Capital Management LP

Semanteon Capital Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 2,343 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $238,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of Whirlpool in the first quarter worth $82,461,000. Causeway Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Whirlpool in the 1st quarter worth $32,788,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Whirlpool by 25.5% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,723,612 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,343,000 after purchasing an additional 350,397 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Whirlpool during the first quarter valued at about $30,621,000. Finally, Newport Trust Company LLC increased its holdings in shares of Whirlpool by 11.4% in the first quarter. Newport Trust Company LLC now owns 1,806,101 shares of the company’s stock worth $162,784,000 after purchasing an additional 184,132 shares during the last quarter. 90.78% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

WHR has been the subject of a number of research reports. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on Whirlpool from $80.00 to $69.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Whirlpool from $107.00 to $93.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Loop Capital restated a “hold” rating and issued a $88.00 price target on shares of Whirlpool in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Whirlpool from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Whirlpool from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $86.43.

Whirlpool Trading Up 6.8%

Shares of WHR opened at $70.14 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $3.94 billion, a P/E ratio of -20.87 and a beta of 1.18. Whirlpool Corporation has a twelve month low of $65.35 and a twelve month high of $135.49. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $77.17 and its 200-day simple moving average is $85.30. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.33.

Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The company reported $2.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.41 by $0.68. The firm had revenue of $4.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.92 billion. Whirlpool had a positive return on equity of 19.49% and a negative net margin of 1.18%.Whirlpool’s quarterly revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.43 EPS. Whirlpool has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Whirlpool Corporation will post 9.52 EPS for the current year.

Whirlpool Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 21st will be given a $0.90 dividend. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 21st. Whirlpool’s payout ratio is -107.14%.

Whirlpool Profile

Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products and services in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company's principal products include refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and refrigerator water filters; laundry appliances, and commercial laundry products and related laundry accessories; cooking and other small domestic appliances; and dishwasher appliances and related accessories, as well as mixers.