NYSE:AKS - AK Steel Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, April, 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.06. The basic materials company earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.58 billion. AK Steel had a negative net margin of 0.38% and a positive return on equity of 37.76%. The firm's revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.19 EPS. View AK Steel's Earnings History.

AK Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for AK Steel.

16 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for AK Steel's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.25 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate AK Steel's share price to reach $5.5536 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for AK Steel.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AK Steel in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

AK Steel saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 81,896,329 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the June 15th total of 76,566,051 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,636,225 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.0 days. Currently, 26.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about AKS stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.13 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.

AK Steel's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Creative Planning (0.57%), Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.07%), Sippican Capital Advisors (0.07%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.03%), Hartford Investment Management Co. (0.01%) and Clinton Group Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own AK Steel stock include James A Thomson, Vicente Wright 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Sippican Capital Advisors and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Creative Planning, Hartford Investment Management Co. and Clinton Group Inc.. 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 $4.87.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $1.54 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]