Analyst Recommendations
This chart is a recommendation for investors. To provide forecasts, analysts and brokers use companies' public financial reports and speak with their employees and clients. The end result is a solution that's marked on the chart, which shows analysts' opinions at different periods of time. Move your cursor to track on what the dates the recommendations changed.
Investors shouldn't only follow analyst recommendations. Forecasts should be used to supplement existing strategies and plans. Trading based on a recommendation chart is is considered bad practice. Analyst reports should only be used in conjunction with your own analytics.
Also known as strong sell, it's a recommendation to sell a security or to liquidate an asset.
A recommendation that means a stock is expected to do slightly worse than the overall stock market return. Underperform can also be expressed as "moderate sell", "weak hold" and "underweight."
A company with a hold recommendation is expected to perform on par with comparable companies or in line with the market.
Also known as "moderate buy", "accumulate", and "overweight." Outperform is an analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.
Also known as strong buy and "on the recommended list." Needless to say, buy is a recommendation to purchase a specific security.
Also known as strong sell, it's a recommendation to sell a security or to liquidate an asset.
A recommendation that means a stock is expected to do slightly worse than the overall stock market return. Underperform can also be expressed as "moderate sell", "weak hold" and "underweight."
A company with a hold recommendation is expected to perform on par with comparable companies or in line with the market.
Also known as "moderate buy", "accumulate", and "overweight." Outperform is an analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.
Also known as strong buy and "on the recommended list." Needless to say, buy is a recommendation to purchase a specific security.
PolyOne Corp. engages in the business of thermoplastic compounds. It specializes in polymer materials, services and solutions with operations in specialty polymer formulations, color and additive systems, plastic sheet and packaging solutions and polymer distribution. The company is also involved in the development and manufacturing of performance enhancing additives, liquid colorants, fluoropolymers and silicone colorants. The firm operates through the following segments: Color, Additives & Inks; Specialty Engineered Materials; Performance Products & Solutions; and PolyOne Distribution. The Color, Additives & Inks segment is involved in the production of specialized custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, as well as specialty inks, plastisols, and vinyl slush molding solutions. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides polymer formulations, services and solutions for designers, assemblers and processors of thermoplastic materials. The Performance Products & Solutions segment is comprised of the Geon Performance Materials and Producer Services business units, which delivers an array of products and services for vinyl molding and extrusion processors located in North America, and Asia. The PolyOne Distribution segment distributes engineering and commodity grade resins, including PolyOne-produced solutions, principally to the North American and Asian markets. PolyOne was founded on August 31, 2000 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, OH.