With 4.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.02 million shares. The 52-week range on KC shows that it touched its highest point at $22.26 and its lowest point at $2.02 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.13. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.30.
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 KC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 19.14%, but this was up by 117.12% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 376.27% while six-month performance rose 772.15%. The stock gained 677.07% in the past year, while it has gained 97.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KC yields -1.18 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.38. For the next quarter, that number is -0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.97% for this year and 65.45% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 45.31% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.55%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 253.69 million KC shares are outstanding with a float of 253.68 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KC since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
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 -$7.81127 being high and -$8.10605 being low. For KC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$7.95866. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.39 and the low estimate is -$1.15. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.77.
