Innospec FY2025 EPS Estimate Reduced by Seaport Res Ptn

Innospec Inc. (NASDAQ:IOSP) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Innospec in a research report issued on Friday, November 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will earn $5.05 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $5.08. The consensus estimate for Innospec’s current full-year earnings is $6.18 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Innospec’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.24 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.56 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.61 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.54 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $6.51 EPS.

Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $441.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $443.00 million. Innospec had a return on equity of 10.89% and a net margin of 1.08%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.35 earnings per share.

IOSP has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Innospec from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 25th. Zacks Research downgraded Innospec from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Innospec from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, October 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Innospec currently has an average rating of “Hold”.

Innospec Stock Performance

NASDAQ:IOSP opened at $75.66 on Monday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $77.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $83.03. Innospec has a fifty-two week low of $71.06 and a fifty-two week high of $124.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 97.00 and a beta of 1.06.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Innospec

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in IOSP. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Innospec by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,210,768 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $304,220,000 after acquiring an additional 30,031 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of Innospec by 3.3% in the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,483,185 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $216,211,000 after purchasing an additional 78,360 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Innospec by 20.0% during the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,106,482 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $104,839,000 after purchasing an additional 184,262 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Innospec by 2.1% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 719,598 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $60,517,000 after buying an additional 14,463 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Innospec in the first quarter valued at approximately $42,966,000. 96.64% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Innospec Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.87 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 237.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 18th. Innospec’s payout ratio is presently -5,800.00%.

About Innospec

Innospec Inc develops, manufactures, blends, markets, and supplies specialty chemicals in the United States, rest of North America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company's Fuel Specialties segment offers a range of specialty chemical products that are used as additives in additives in diesel, jet, marine, fuel oil and other fuels.