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Venator Materials PLC (NYSE:VNTR - Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 360,700 shares, an increase of 85.3% from the May 31st total of 194,700 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 442,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its holdings in Venator Materials by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 382,038 shares of the company's stock worth $1,089,000 after acquiring an additional 15,910 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Venator Materials by 285.7% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 67,500 shares of the company's stock worth $192,000 after acquiring an additional 50,000 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in Venator Materials in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $110,000. Two Sigma Investments LP raised its stake in Venator Materials by 81.1% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 409,449 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,167,000 after buying an additional 183,305 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Advisers LP raised its stake in Venator Materials by 18.6% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 691,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,969,000 after buying an additional 108,600 shares during the last quarter.

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VNTR stock opened at $2.08 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $2.10 and a 200-day moving average price of $2.17. Venator Materials has a 52-week low of $1.13 and a 52-week high of $4.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $221.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.78, a PEG ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 2.12.

Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTR - Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The company reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.01. Venator Materials had a negative net margin of 2.55% and a positive return on equity of 0.72%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.01 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Venator Materials will post 0.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Separately, Bank of America cut Venator Materials from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and cut their target price for the stock from $2.50 to $2.00 in a research note on Tuesday, March 22nd.

About Venator Materials (Get Rating)

Venator Materials PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets chemical products worldwide. It operates through Titanium Dioxide and Performance Additives segments. The Titanium Dioxide segment offers titanium dioxide (TiO2), such as rutile, anatase, and ultrafine TiO2 products for use in coatings, printing inks, PVC window frames, plastic masterbatches, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, polyester and polyamide fibers, catalysts, and cosmetics products.

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