Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF) Shares Gap Down - What's Next?

Key Points

• Shares gapped down: KPN opened at $5.18 after a $5.51 close and last traded $5.4590 on light volume (1,151 shares), signaling short-term selling pressure.
• Quarterly results were mixed: KPN missed EPS ($0.07 vs. $0.08 expected) but beat revenue estimates ($1.73B vs. $1.70B), with a 14.72% net margin and 24.84% ROE; analysts forecast FY EPS of about $0.26.
• Analyst outlook and valuation: Zacks upgraded the stock from "strong sell" to "hold" while MarketBeat shows a consensus "Buy"; the company has a market cap of ~$21.3B, a PE of 22.8, and weak short-term liquidity (current ratio 0.72).

Koninklijke KPN NV (OTCMKTS:KKPNF - Get Free Report)'s stock price gapped down before the market opened on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $5.51, but opened at $5.18. Koninklijke KPN shares last traded at $5.4590, with a volume of 1,151 shares traded.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Zacks Research raised shares of Koninklijke KPN from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy".

Koninklijke KPN Stock Down 0.5%

The company has a market cap of $21.31 billion, a PE ratio of 22.83 and a beta of 0.24. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $5.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.82, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.70.

Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.08 by ($0.01). The company had revenue of $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.70 billion. Koninklijke KPN had a net margin of 14.72% and a return on equity of 24.84%. Research analysts anticipate that Koninklijke KPN NV will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Koninklijke KPN Company Profile

Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal KPN) is a Dutch telecommunications and ICT services company headquartered in The Hague. The group traces its origins to the Dutch national postal and telecommunications service and evolved into a privatized commercial operator. KPN is primarily listed on Euronext Amsterdam and its American depositary receipts trade over the counter under the symbol KKPNF.

KPN's core activities cover a full range of telecommunications and digital infrastructure services. For consumer markets it offers fixed-line and mobile voice services, broadband internet, television and bundled connectivity packages.

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