KeyCorp - KEY Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KeyCorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" KEY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KEY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for KeyCorp's stock. Their KEY share price forecasts range from $17.00 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $23.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price.
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KeyCorp's stock was trading at $23.13 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, KEY stock has decreased by 15.1% and is now trading at $19.64.
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KeyCorp saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,080,000 shares, a decline of 24.1% from the July 15th total of 17,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,160,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.76 billion. KeyCorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.01% and a net margin of 28.53%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.72 EPS.
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KeyCorp announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 29th.
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KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.01%. KEY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 34.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, KEY will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.23% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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KeyCorp announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, January 21st 2021, which allows the company to buyback $900,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 5.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

70 employees have rated KeyCorp Chief Executive Officer Chris Gorman on Glassdoor.com. Chris Gorman has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other KeyCorp investors own include Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), General Electric (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE) and CVS Health (CVS).

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

KeyCorp's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.23%), Northern Trust Corp (1.13%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.76%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.56%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.56%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy G Brady, Amy G Brady, Andrew J Paine III, Angela G Mago, Beth E Mooney, Brian L Fishel, Carlton L Highsmith, Christopher M Gorman, Douglas M Schosser, Jamie Warder, Kenneth C Gavrity, Kevin Thomas Ryan, Mark W Midkiff, Paul N Harris, Ruth Ann M Gillis and Trina M Evans.
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One share of KEY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.64.

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) has a market capitalization of $18.31 billion and generates $7.56 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 17,654 workers across the globe.

KeyCorp was founded in 1994.

KeyCorp's mailing address is 127 PUBLIC SQ, CLEVELAND OH, 44114. The official website for the company is www.key.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (216) 689-3000, via email at investor_relations@keybank.com, or via fax at 216-689-0519.