With 1.4 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.32 million shares. The 52-week range on KRC shows that it touched its highest point at $43.78 and its lowest point at $30.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.23. With its current market cap of 4.24 billion, KRC has annualized dividend of $2.16 while the current yield stands at 6.08%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.
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 KRC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.18%, but this was down by -9.54% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.55% while six-month performance fell -2.13%. The stock gained 1.23% in the past year, while it has lost -12.11% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KRC yields 1.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of -25.80% for this year and -12.18% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 118.05 million KRC shares are outstanding with a float of 115.43 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 KRC since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $1.68388 being high and $1.53118 being low. For KRC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.59371. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.29 and the low estimate is $0.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.29.
