NYSE:KEY - KeyCorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

KeyCorp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KEY."

KeyCorp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 28th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, September 14th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 27th. This is a boost from KeyCorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.12. View KeyCorp's Dividend History.

KeyCorp announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, June 28th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,225,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The financial services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.64 billion. KeyCorp had a return on equity of 12.56% and a net margin of 21.47%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.32 earnings per share. View KeyCorp's Earnings History.

KeyCorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for KeyCorp.

KeyCorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 17th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for KeyCorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate KeyCorp's share price to reach $23.1765 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for KeyCorp.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KeyCorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for KeyCorp.

News headlines about KEY stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. KeyCorp earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

KeyCorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,051,023 shares, an increase of 24.1% from the October 15th total of 12,124,532 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,830,982 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View KeyCorp's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to KeyCorp include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Industrial & Cmrcl Bnk f China (IDCBY), UBS Group (UBS), National Australia Bank (NABZY), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), DBS GRP HOLDING/S (DBSDY), Capital One Financial (COF), BB&T (BBT), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY), SunTrust Banks (STI), DANSKE Bk A/S/S (DNKEY), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Regions Financial (RF) and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN).

KeyCorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.67%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.50%), FMR LLC (1.61%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.37%), LSV Asset Management (1.26%) and Eaton Vance Management (0.93%). Company insiders that own KeyCorp stock include Alexander M Cutler, Amy G Brady, Andrew J Paine III, Angela G Mago, Beth E Mooney, Bruce D Broussard, Carlton L Highsmith, Christopher M Gorman, Craig A Buffie, David K Wilson, Donald R Kimble, Douglas M Schosser, Edward J Burke, Elizabeth R Gile, H James Dallas, Mark W Midkiff, Paul N Harris, Robert A Deangelis and Ruth Ann M Gillis. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KeyCorp.

KEY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, EJF Capital LLC, Korea Investment CORP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold KeyCorp company stock in the last year include Carlton L Highsmith, Christopher M Gorman, Craig A Buffie, Douglas M Schosser, Edward J Burke and Robert A Deangelis. View Insider Buying and Selling for KeyCorp.

KEY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., FMR LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, LSV Asset Management, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have bought KeyCorp stock in the last two years include Alexander M Cutler, Beth E Mooney, Bruce D Broussard, David K Wilson, Donald R Kimble, Elizabeth R Gile, H James Dallas, Mark W Midkiff and Ruth Ann M Gillis. View Insider Buying and Selling for KeyCorp.

Shares of KEY 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 KEY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.42.

KeyCorp has a market capitalization of $19.54 billion and generates $6.87 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.36 on an earnings per share basis. KeyCorp employs 18,415 workers across the globe.

The official website for KeyCorp is http://www.key.com.

KeyCorp's mailing address is 127 PUBLIC SQ, CLEVELAND OH, 44114. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 216-689-3000 or via email at [email protected]