Alert: Rating Downgrade (12/15/23)-Trinseo PLC (NYSE: TSE).

Reflecting eroding fundamentals and low Appreciation Potential, the Value Trend Rating for Trinseo PLC (NYSE: TSE) weakened during the last several trading days. TSE's current Value Trend Rating is D and the prior Rating was C. Details supporting this lower rating are included in our next report.

Trinseo PLC (NYSE: TSE) stock enjoyed a large increase of 2.4% on 12/15/23. The stock closed at $7.23. Moreover, exceptionally high trading volume at 307% of normal accompanied the advance. Relative to the market the stock has been extremely weak over the last nine months but has risen 19.5% during the last week.
With future capital returns forecasted to be in line with the cost of capital, TSE is expected to be Value Creation neutral.
Trinseo has a current Value Trend Rating of D (Negative). The Value Trend Rating reflects very contradictory signals from PTR's two proprietary measures of a stock's attractiveness. Trinseo has a good Appreciation Score of 85 but a very low Power Rating of 1, with the Negative Value Trend Rating the result.