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Orion S.A. (OEC)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Senningerberg, Luxembourg | NYSE
5.76 USD +0.11 (1.947%) ⇧ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 5.76

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:02 a.m. EDT

The fundamental picture for Orion S.A. is starkly deteriorating, making it a difficult hold for any timeframe. The company is currently losing money, with a trailing EPS of -$1.70 and a massive debt load exceeding $1.1 billion against a market cap of only $326 million. The balance sheet is fragile, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 301%, indicating significant leverage risk. While revenue grew slightly by 7.4%, the bottom line is collapsing, and the stock has already punished investors severely, dropping nearly 65% over the last nine years. The recent price action shows the stock hovering just below its 50-day moving average, failing to generate the momentum needed to reverse the long-term downtrend. Regarding the dividend, the 1.45% yield is a trap rather than a safety. With a payout ratio of 30% and negative earnings, this dividend is barely sustainable and offers no real income relative to inflation or risk-free rates. It is a token payout that does not provide a cushion against the company's operational struggles. The only glimmer of hope lies in the speculative options flow, where traders are quietly accumulating calls at the $7.50 strike for delivery in early 2027. This suggests a belief that the cyclical downturn is nearing its end and prices could recover significantly. However, without a fundamental turnaround in profitability or a drastic reduction in debt, this is a high-risk bet on a turnaround story. For a rational investor, the combination of negative earnings, crushing debt, and a multi-year price decline warrants avoidance.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.067622
AutoARIMA0.104654
AutoETS0.104659
MSTL0.117112

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 30%
H-stat 2.07
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 3.25
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-12-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 301.709
Revenue per Share 32.444
Market Cap 325,570,752
Forward P/E 17.38
Beta 1.05
Profit Margins -5.28%
Previous Name Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
Website https://www.orioncarbons.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:02 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin and fragmented, offering little clarity on immediate direction. In the near term (October/November 2026), there is negligible volume and open interest across both calls and puts, suggesting a lack of active directional bets. However, looking further out to early 2027, a distinct divergence emerges: massive call volume (1.1k contracts) is concentrated at the $7.50 strike, while put activity remains sparse. This asymmetry suggests speculative capital is positioning for a potential rebound toward the $7.50 level, likely betting on a cyclical recovery or earnings stabilization, despite the current depressed pricing environment.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 1.11% 0.71% 0.61%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-06 0.021 0.383912
2026-06-10 0.021 0.291667
2026-03-12 0.021 0.433884
2025-07-07 0.021 0.194986
2025-06-11 0.021 0.176027
2025-03-13 0.021 0.164835
2024-12-13 0.021 0.120829
2024-07-01 0.021 0.098269
2024-06-11 0.021 0.087903
2024-03-12 0.021 0.092430
2023-12-14 0.021 0.079335
2023-09-14 0.021 0.094002
2023-05-16 0.021 0.087940
2023-03-20 0.021 0.087246
2022-12-30 0.021 0.117911
2022-09-20 0.021 0.135309
2022-06-21 0.021 0.140940
2022-03-28 0.021 0.131827
2022-01-04 0.020 0.107296
2020-03-09 0.200 1.788909
2019-12-17 0.200 1.003512
2019-09-19 0.200 1.195457
2019-06-19 0.200 1.043297
2019-03-08 0.200 0.917431
2018-12-17 0.200 0.825764
2018-09-19 0.200 0.619195
2018-06-19 0.200 0.610687
2018-03-09 0.200 0.709220
2017-09-19 0.202 0.950588
2017-06-01 0.188 1.080460
2017-03-09 0.178 0.857831
2016-12-21 0.175 0.877193
2016-09-20 0.189 1.043622
2016-06-02 0.188 1.154791
2016-03-03 0.190 1.478599
2015-09-17 0.192 1.254082
2015-06-18 0.191 0.955478
2014-12-12 0.830 5.085784
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.44
exDividendDate 2026-12-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.083
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014690265
lastDividendValue 0.021
lastDividendDate 2026-07-06
dividendDate 2027-01-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.020797253
Address1 6 Route de TrEves
All Time High 36.55
All Time Low 4.345
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 800
Audit Risk 4
Average Analyst Rating 3.3 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 397,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 436,757
Average Volume 436,757
Average Volume10Days 397,100
Beta 1.05
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,200
Board Risk 2
Book Value 6.728
City Senningerberg
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country Luxembourg
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 5.76
Current Ratio 1.025
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 5.79
Day Low 5.47
Debt To Equity 301.709
Display Name Orion
Dividend Date 1,800,316,800
Dividend Yield 1.44
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Earnings Growth -0.813
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.8
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 204,800,000
Ebitda Margins 0.11234
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.944
Enterprise To Revenue 0.78
Enterprise Value 1,422,170,752
Eps Current Year 0.16684
Eps Forward 0.33143
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.71
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,796,947,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 6.0994
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3393998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.055644788
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -2.0797253
Fifty Two Week High 8.64
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.88
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.33333334
Fifty Two Week Low 4.345
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.4150004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3256618
Fifty Two Week Range 4.345 - 8.64
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,406,295,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.42
Float Shares 51,277,958
Forward Eps 0.33143
Forward P E 17.379236
Free Cashflow 46,362,500
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,639
Fullday Change 0.11000013
Fullday Change Percent 1.946905
Fullday Price 5.76
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.18404
Gross Profits 335,500,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.038680002
Held Percent Institutions 0.95982003
Implied Shares Outstanding 56,522,699
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,296,000
Last Dividend Value 0.021
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Orion S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of carbon black products. The company operates in two segments, Specialty Carbon Black and Rubber Carbon Black. It offers post-treated specialty carbon black grades for coatings and printing applications, as well as high purity carbon black grades for the fiber industry; and conductive carbon black grades for batteries, polymers, and coatings. The company also provides rubber carbon black products for tires, such as high-reinforcing grades and semi-reinforcing grades under the ECORAX brand, as well as for mechanical rubber goods end users, including automotive production, construction, as well as certain food, consumer, and medical applications. It operates in the United States, Brazil, rest of the Americas, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Czech republic, Poland, Italy, Turkey, France, Rest of EMEA, China, the Republic of Korea, and rest of Asia. The company was formerly known as Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. and changed its name to Orion S.A. in June 2023. Orion S.A. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Senningerberg, Luxembourg.
Long Name Orion S.A.
Market us_market
Market Cap 325,570,752
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_265752678
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-10-14
Net Income To Common -96,300,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 339,701,420
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 5.7
Operating Cashflow 176,600,000
Operating Margins 0.042519998
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.3067
Phone 352 2704 8060
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 5.76
Post Market Time 1,791,934,204
Prev Name Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
Previous Close 5.65
Price Eps Current Year 34.524097
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8561237
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.17859064
Profit Margins -0.05283
Quick Ratio 0.533
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.25
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.11
Regular Market Change Percent 1.94691
Regular Market Day High 5.79
Regular Market Day Low 5.47
Regular Market Day Range 5.47 - 5.79
Regular Market Open 5.7
Regular Market Previous Close 5.65
Regular Market Price 5.76
Regular Market Time 1,791,921,603
Regular Market Volume 490,988
Return On Assets 0.022060001
Return On Equity -0.22744
Revenue Growth 0.074
Revenue Per Share 32.444
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17502642
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 56,522,699
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.038900003
Shares Short 2,200,436
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,245,872
Short Name Orion S.A.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0402
Short Ratio 5.27
Source Interval 15
Symbol OEC
Target High Price 8.5
Target Low Price 5.0
Target Mean Price 6.3125
Target Median Price 5.875
Total Cash 50,800,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.899
Total Debt 1,147,399,936
Total Revenue 1,823,000,064
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.083
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014690265
Trailing Eps -1.71
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 6.39875
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.6387496
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.09982412
Type Disp Equity
Volume 490,988
Website https://www.orioncarbons.com
Zip 2,633