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) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 29th. The basic materials company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.15. The basic materials company earned $1.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. AK Steel had a net margin of 2.40% and a return on equity of 57.52%. AK Steel's revenue was down 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.18 earnings per share. View AK Steel's Earnings History.

AK Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for AK Steel.

AK Steel issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.37-0.44 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.33.

12 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for AK Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $1.50 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate AK Steel's stock price to reach $2.6836 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.8% 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 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for AK Steel.

Media coverage about AKS stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for AK Steel.

AK Steel saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 41,476,000 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the June 30th total of 47,024,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Currently, 13.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AK Steel investors own include United States Steel (X), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), TG Therapeutics (TGTX), Rite Aid (rad), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Intel (INTC).

AK Steel's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.75%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.43%), Merriman Wealth Management LLC (1.33%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.10%). 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 Vanguard Group Inc., HBK Investments L P, Creative Planning, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, CoreCommodity Management LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Teza Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for AK Steel.

AKS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Invesco Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Cetera Advisors 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 $2.1850.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $691.31 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 9,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AK Steel.

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]