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, January, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 net margin of 2.73% and a return on equity of 54.01%. AK Steel's quarterly revenue was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.06) EPS. 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 issued an update on 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 estimate of $0.64. AK Steel also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $0.51-0.57 EPS.

12 analysts have issued 12 month 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 34.9% 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 positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AK Steel earned a news impact score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

AK Steel saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 54,990,696 shares, an increase of 2.3% from the February 15th total of 56,280,336 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,207,266 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.4 days. Currently, 17.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View AK Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AK Steel include United States Steel (X), 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).

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), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Rite Aid (RAD), Micron Technology (MU), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.56%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (4.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.35%), Merriman Wealth Management LLC (1.27%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.25%). 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, FMR LLC and MetLife Investment Advisors 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 Norges Bank, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Merriman Wealth Management LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC and BlackRock Inc.. 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 $2.65.

AK Steel has a market capitalization of $838.22 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.

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]