Basic Materials
Olin Corporation(OLN)
Live Price
Offline$22.01
-4.30% today
1Y Change
+8.17%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.26B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.7%
- EPS Growth
- -140.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.8%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Olin Corporation (OLN) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $3.26B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $22.01 and up 8.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.7%, EPS growth of -140.2%, a dividend yield of 2.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.7%, EPS -140.2%, free cash flow -19.5% with operating margin 0.2% and ROIC 0.1%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines OLN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+3.7% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+0.2% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +3.7% and EPS is at -140.2%, with operating margin around 0.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +0.3% | +3.7% | -8.3% |
2026 Jan 29, 2026 | +9.2% | -6.8% | +4.8% | +13.6% |
2025 Oct 27, 2025 | +426.9% | -12.4% | -16.5% | -17.5% |
Benchmark Edge
OLN vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Relative to SPY
OLN Max Drawdown
-31.45%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for OLN and SPY.
Company Overview
Olin Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Olin Corporation manufactures and distributes chemical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls; Epoxy; and Winchester. The Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls segment offers chlorine and caustic soda, ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomers, methyl chloride, methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products, potassium hydroxide, chlorinated organics intermediates and solvents, and sodium hypochlorite. The Epoxy segment provides epoxy materials and precursors, including aromatics, such as acetone, bisphenol, cumene, and phenol, as well as allyl chloride, epichlorohydrin, and glycerin used for the manufacturers of polymers, resins and other plastic materials, and water purification; liquid and solid epoxy resins that are used in adhesives, marines, protective coatings, composites, and flooring; and converted epoxy resins and additives for use in electrical laminates, paints and coatings, wind blades, electronics, and construction. The Winchester segment offers sporting ammunition products, including shotshells, small caliber centerfire, and rimfire ammunition products for hunters and recreational shooters, and law enforcement agencies; small caliber military ammunition products for use in infantry and mounted weapons; and industrial products comprising gauge loads and powder-actuated tool loads for maintenance applications in power and concrete industries, and powder-actuated tools in construction industry. The company markets its products through its sales force, as well as directly to various industrial customers, mass merchants, retailers, wholesalers, other distributors, and the U.S. Government and its prime contractors. Olin Corporation was incorporated in 1892 and is based in Clayton, Missouri.
- Leadership
- Kenneth Todd Lane
- IPO Date
- Dec 30, 1987
- Employees
- 7.7k
- Street Address
- 190 Carondelet Plaza
- Mailing
- Clayton, MO, 63105
- Region
- Clayton, MO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 314 480 1400
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.2
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.7%
- EPS
- -140.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -19.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 7.4%
- Operating Margin
- 0.2%
- Net Margin
- -0.6%
- ROE
- -2.2%
- ROIC
- 0.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.79
- Current Ratio
- 1.35
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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