NYSE:AKS - AK Steel Stock Price, News, & Analysis

AK Steel trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AKS."

AK Steel Holding Co. (NYSE:AKS) issued its earnings results on Monday, January, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.11 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70 billion. AK Steel had a return on equity of 54.01% and a net margin of 2.73%. The company's revenue was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.06) earnings per share. View AK Steel's Earnings History.

AK Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AK Steel.

AK Steel updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.51-0.57 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.64. AK Steel also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $0.51-0.57 EPS.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AK Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $2.50 to $6.00. On average, they expect AK Steel's share price to reach $3.5745 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AK Steel.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AK Steel in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AK Steel.

Media headlines about AKS stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

AK Steel saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 58,274,442 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 53,014,226 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,478,829 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 18.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AK Steel include APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Timkensteel (TMST), Mechel PAO (MTL), Titan International (TWI), Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP), Ossen Innovation (OSN) and China Precision Steel (CPSL).

AK Steel's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.56%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (4.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.35%), Merriman Wealth Management LLC (1.27%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.25%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.23%). Company insiders that own AK Steel stock include James A Thomson, Joseph C Alter, Roger K Newport and William K Gerber. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AK Steel.

AKS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KBC Group NV, Royce & Associates LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Two Sigma Investments LP, MetLife Investment Advisors LLC and LPL Financial LLC. Company insiders that have sold AK Steel company stock in the last year include James A Thomson and William K Gerber. View Insider Buying and Selling for AK Steel.

AKS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Advisers LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Merriman Wealth Management LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, BlackRock Inc., Rafferty Asset Management LLC and Tibra Equities Europe Ltd. Company insiders that have bought AK Steel stock in the last two years include Joseph C Alter and Roger K Newport. View Insider Buying and Selling for AK Steel.

Shares of AKS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AKS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.98.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $940.32 million and generates $6.82 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $186 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.64 on an earnings per share basis. AK Steel employs 9,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for AK Steel is http://www.aksteel.com.

AK Steel's mailing address is 9227 CENTRE POINTE DRIVE, WEST CHESTER OH, 45069. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 513-425-5000 or via email at [email protected]