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Whirlpool

WHR on NYSE. Whirlpool sells kitchen and laundry appliances to households around the world. Market value $2.0bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.

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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
-8.8%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-8.78 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
12.4×fair

You pay 12.4 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
7.7%five-year median

Each dollar kept in the business earns 8 cents a year. Above 10 is good.

Quality score: 43 of 100. Price score: 65 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$30.03 a share, at its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $29.49 to $94.82.

Dividend: 8.9% a year

Paid every year for at least 5 years

Yields this high often come before a cut. Check the company's latest news.

Prices from Monday’s close (5 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

1.7
0.8
0.4
0.4
0.1
-0.2
2021202220232024202512 monthsto Jun '26

Spare cash swings from quarter to quarter here: a shortfall of $172 million in the past 12 months, $81 million in the year to December 2025.

Revenue
$22.0bn$19.7bn$19.5bn$16.6bn$15.5bn
Operating margin
10.7%-5.4%5.2%0.9%5.4%
Debt to equity
1.083.263.062.472.39
Shares outstanding
0.05bn0.05bn0.06bn0.06bn0.07bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)6 of 9
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
  • Debt2.39× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsShrinking, 4.4% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesNo, 20% more shares since 2021

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $3.5 billion last quarter, down 7% on a year ago.
  • Profit: $88 million, up 35% on a year ago.
  • It keeps 4 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 3 cents a year earlier.
  • Over the past 12 months it spent $172 million more cash than it brought in. A year earlier it had $241 million spare.
  • 16% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
  • Debt is $5.8 billion more than cash, down from $6.6 billion a year ago.
  • Sales grew on a year ago in 1 of the last 4 quarters.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$4.0bn
December 2024$4.1bn
March 2025$3.6bn
June 2025$3.8bn
September 2025$4.0bn
December 2025$4.1bn
March 2026$3.3bn
June 2026$3.5bn
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$109m
December 2024-$392m
March 2025$71m
June 2025$65m
September 2025$73m
December 2025$108m
March 2026-$82m
June 2026$88m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
n/a
Last annual report (10-K)
11 February 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
3 November 2026

Who owns it

5 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 6 last quarter. 457 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26

Sold out this quarter

Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

6 investors own more than 5%; 1 of them is pushing for change.

  • BlackRock, Inc.
    Passive investor
    9.4%
    Since 30 June 2026
  • FMR LLC
    Passive investor
    at least 8.7%−1.4 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 June 2026
  • 5.8%−1.0 pts
    Since 31 March 2026
  • at least 5.3%
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 June 2026
  • 5.1%
    Since 31 March 2026
  • Appaloosa
    Activist
    at least 4.9%−2.1 pts
    (filed with 4 related holders)
    Since 25 February 2026
    What they said

    On February 25, 2025, ALP delivered a letter (the "Letter") to the Issuer's Board of Directors (the "Board") in which ALP expressed dissatisfaction with the recently announced equity issuance. ALP also noted the Issuer's failure to take advantage of the tariffs instituted by the…

    Read the filing
  • The Vanguard Group
    Passive investor
    Sold down below 5%
    Since 13 March 2026

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $198,829 of shares on the open market.

  • Creed Greg
    Director
    Bought
    Date
    3 March 2026
    Shares
    3,305
    Price
    $60.16
    Value
    $198,829

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

What could go wrong

  • It carries a lot of debt: 2.4× its equity.
  • Sales have shrunk: 4.4% a year.

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The deep dive

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