Olin Corporation (OLN): Price and Financial Metrics

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Olin Corporation (OLN) Company Bio

Olin Corporation produces chlorine and caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products and potassium hydroxide. Chemical Distribution manufactures bleach products and distributes caustic soda, bleach products, potassium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid. The company was founded in 1892 and is based in Clayton, Missouri.

OLN Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for OLIN Corp. To summarize, we found that OLIN Corp ranked in the 13th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for OLN, they are:

• 55% of the company's capital comes from equity, which is greater than merely 21.27% of stocks in our cash flow based forecasting set.
• OLIN Corp's interest coverage rate -- a measure of gross earnings relative to interest payments -- comes in at -2.48. This coverage rate is greater than that of only 16.47% of stocks we're observing for the purpose of forecasting via discounted cash flows.
• As a business, OLIN Corp experienced a tax rate of about 6% over the past twelve months; relative to its sector (Basic Materials), this tax rate is higher than just 22.51% of stocks generating free cash flow.

ACH, APD, ITP, LYB, and CARR can be thought of as valuation peers to OLN, in the sense that they are in the Basic Materials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.