Company Analysis

Olin Corp. (OLN)

NYSE: OLN · Chemicals & Allied Products · Clayton, MO · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.3
◀ Past 6.0● Present 5.7▶ Future 3.9

The grade of Olin Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past6.030% of the headline
● Present5.740% of the headline
▶ Future3.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Olin Corp.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Olin Corp.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $5.6 billion in fiscal 2016 to $6.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 30% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.2%bottom 46% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 42% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak30.2%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 8.3% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Olin Corp.'s diluted share count shrank about 8.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -5%: lost 5¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Olin Corp. lost about 5 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 7 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 37% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 15 in its family; net margin -1.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Olin Corp.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of -1.5% ranks in the top 30%; revenue growth of -10.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 50% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$6.78Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin-1.5%top 30% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-10.2%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 41% of 12 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Olin Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lane, Kenneth Todd (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-03-18, 2.7 years (bottom 29% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (top 23%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 18%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 18% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearstop 23% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Olin Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $168 million against debt of $2.7 billion leaves -34.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 16% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.7% of revenue (top 37%); a gross margin of 7.4% (bottom 4%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-34.8%bottom 16% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.7%top 37% of its family
  • gross margin7.4%bottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 13 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Olin Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -10.2% a year over the last three filed years against 2.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 3.7% (top 42%); capital spending grew -1.5% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Olin Corp. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls at $3.7 billion (54%), Winchester at $1.7 billion (25%), Epoxy at $1.4 billion (20%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-12.5 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.7%top 42% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-1.5%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.4/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 46% of 12 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Olin Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 24.1% above the $5.5 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 29% of its family); net income of $101 million against a prior three-year average of $628 million (top 37%); a net margin of -1.5% against 7.5% before (bottom 29%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace24.1%top 29% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-116%top 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-8.9 pointsbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton OLN · research, not advice