Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Outlook of Innospec Q3 Earnings

Innospec Inc. (NASDAQ:IOSP) – Seaport Res Ptn decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Innospec in a report issued on Friday, October 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now expects that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings of $1.03 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.12. The consensus estimate for Innospec’s current full-year earnings is $6.18 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Innospec’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.37 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $5.08 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on IOSP. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Innospec from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday. Zacks Research raised shares of Innospec from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Innospec from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Innospec Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of IOSP opened at $74.84 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $81.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $84.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 95.95 and a beta of 1.04. Innospec has a 1-year low of $73.39 and a 1-year high of $128.35.

Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $439.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $440.70 million. Innospec had a net margin of 1.08% and a return on equity of 10.89%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.39 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. State of Wyoming raised its holdings in Innospec by 27.5% in the second quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 801 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $67,000 after buying an additional 173 shares during the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its holdings in Innospec by 0.8% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 23,062 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $1,939,000 after buying an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in Innospec by 38.3% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 672 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in Innospec by 4.2% in the first quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 5,082 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $482,000 after buying an additional 207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in Innospec by 2.9% in the first quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 7,398 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $700,000 after buying an additional 208 shares during the last quarter. 96.64% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Innospec Company Profile

Innospec Inc develops, manufactures, blends, markets, and supplies specialty chemicals in the United States, rest of North America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company's Fuel Specialties segment offers a range of specialty chemical products that are used as additives in additives in diesel, jet, marine, fuel oil and other fuels.