With 0.13 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.13 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Chemicals company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $30.46 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $29.8901. The 52-week range on KOP shows that it touched its highest point at $58.23 and its lowest point at $29.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $64.50. With its current market cap of 614.55 million, KOP has annualized dividend of $0.28 while the current yield stands at 0.92%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.85.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KOP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.42%, but this was down by -15.71% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.50% while six-month performance fell -12.70%. The stock lost -37.56% in the past year, while it has lost -6.42% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KOP yields 3.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.30. For the next quarter, that number is 0.91. This implies an EPS growth rate of -7.91% for this year and 7.22% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 30.43%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 20.27 million KOP shares are outstanding with a float of 19.36 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 0.4 million, which was 196.0 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Leroy Mangus Ball Jr. as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. James A. Sullivan serves as its President & COO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.95035005 of KOP’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, KOP reported revenue of $554300000.0 and operating income of $59400000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $77400000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.09.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With KOP analysts setting a high price target of 65.0 and a low target of 64.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 64.5. Based on these targets, KOP could surge 114.38% to reach the target high and rise by 111.08% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 112.73% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $4.0595 being high and $3.98274 being low. For KOP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.015.
