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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $1.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.75 billion. AK Steel had a positive return on equity of 33.56% and a negative net margin of 0.44%. AK Steel's revenue for the quarter 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 Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AK Steel.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AK Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $3.25 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate AK Steel's share price to reach $5.4423 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AK Steel.

15 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 4 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 during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 70,887,360 shares, an increase of 9.3% from the July 13th total of 78,118,805 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,596,124 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 23.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about AKS stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a daily sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for AK Steel.

AK Steel's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.19%), Merriman Wealth Management LLC (1.12%) and Royce & Associates LP (0.79%). 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, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Van ECK Associates Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Arizona State Retirement System, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Sippican Capital Advisors. 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 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 $4.40.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $1.36 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]