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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.75 billion. AK Steel had a negative net margin of 0.44% and a positive return on equity of 33.56%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.19 earnings per share. View AK Steel's Earnings History.

AK Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AK Steel.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AK Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.25 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate AK Steel's stock price to reach $5.3542 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AK Steel.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AK Steel in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AK Steel.

AK Steel saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 81,160,729 shares, an increase of 0.1% from the August 15th total of 81,235,119 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,235,933 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.8 days. Currently, 26.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

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News headlines about AKS stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for AK Steel.

AK Steel's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.27%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (5.23%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.33%), Northern Trust Corp (1.22%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.19%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.19%). 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, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Van ECK Associates Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, United Services Automobile Association, BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Engineers Gate Manager LP and Merriman Wealth Management LLC. 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 $4.74.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $1.51 billion and generates $6.08 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $6.19 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.31 on an earnings per share basis. AK Steel employs 9,200 workers across the globe.

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]