Venator Materials (NYSE:VNTRQ) Shares Up 6.7% – Time to Buy?

Shares of Venator Materials PLC (NYSE:VNTRQ) traded up 6.7% during trading on Monday. The stock traded as high as $16.00 and last traded at $16.00. 2 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 100% from the average session volume of 190,479 shares. The stock had previously closed at $15.00.

Venator Materials Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $1.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.88 and a beta of 1.68. The company has a current ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $15.04 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $12.41.

Venator Materials Company Profile

Venator Materials plc is a global manufacturer of specialty chemicals, best known for producing titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments and performance additives. Its products are used to provide whiteness, opacity, brightness, durability and other functional properties in coatings, plastics, paper, inks and construction materials.

The company’s product portfolio has included rutile and anatase titanium dioxide pigments, color pigments and functional additives. Venator has served customers across markets such as architectural and industrial coatings, automotive finishes, packaging, consumer products, plastics and building materials.

Venator was formed through the separation of Huntsman Corporation’s Pigments and Additives business and began operating as an independent public company in 2017.