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Company snapshot — Olin Corporation

OLN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Olin makes chemicals through three lines: chlor-alkali and vinyls, which supply chlorine, caustic soda and related chlorinated products to industry; epoxy resins and their raw materials; and Winchester, which produces sporting, law-enforcement and military ammunition. It sells to industrial buyers, retailers, distributors and government contractors across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company is based in Clayton, Missouri, and traces its roots to the nineteenth century.
Where it sits in the stack
Olin has no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the chemicals industry, alongside commodity chlor-alkali and epoxy producers.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group has not yet been built for Olin. The market often compares it with Westlake Corporation, another United States producer of chlor-alkali and vinyls chemicals.
Why Closelook tracks it
Olin carries a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad United States equity index, but has no place in Rubin or Halo. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for chlorine and caustic soda used in industrial processes firms up, and whether ammunition sales from the Winchester segment offset weakness in the chemicals cycle.

Olin Corporation (OLN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for OLN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by KeyBanc, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for OLN from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Overweight Initiated to Overweight from Overweight 2026-09-11
  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 20 from 30 Target cut to $20 from $30 (+16% to spot) 2026-08-25

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Chemicals · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Chemicals · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against OLN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.75%, quarterly · last 0.20 USD on 2026-08-27

Dividends and capital return

What OLN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.80 USD per share · a 4.75% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.80 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.20 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-27
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.20 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.80 USD · 2025: 0.80 USD · 2026: 0.60 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-08

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Olin Corporation (OLN)?

Olin Corporation trades as OLN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is OLN in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Olin Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does OLN trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -12.3% vs the 50-day and -26.8% vs the 200-day average, 44.3% below the 52-week high and +1% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 39 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Olin Corporation do?

Olin makes chemicals through three lines: chlor-alkali and vinyls, which supply chlorine, caustic soda and related chlorinated products to industry; epoxy resins and their raw materials; and Winchester, which produces sporting, law-enforcement and military ammunition. It sells to industrial buyers, retailers, distributors and government contractors across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company is based in Clayton, Missouri, and traces its roots to the nineteenth century. Closelook's peer group has not yet been built for Olin. The market often compares it with Westlake Corporation, another United States producer of chlor-alkali and vinyls chemicals.

Where does Olin Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Olin has no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits outside the AI build-out stack. Within our wider universe it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, in the chemicals industry, alongside commodity chlor-alkali and epoxy producers. Olin carries a seat in the Russell 1000, a broad United States equity index, but has no place in Rubin or Halo. It does not yet carry a Closelook score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition.

Does Olin Corporation pay a dividend?

Olin Corporation has paid 0.80 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.75% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.20 USD on 2026-08-27. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Olin Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Olin Corporation on the Closelook wire is a initiation by KeyBanc on 2026-09-11 (at Overweight). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for OLN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Chemicals, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.