NYSE:KMG - KMG Chemicals Stock Price, News, & Analysis

KMG Chemicals trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KMG."

KMG Chemicals declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Tuesday, October 9th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.16%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 28th. View KMG Chemicals' Dividend History.

KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:KMG) announced its earnings results on Monday, June, 11th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.26. The specialty chemicals company earned $118.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $112.87 million. KMG Chemicals had a net margin of 11.87% and a return on equity of 16.21%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 45.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.53 EPS. View KMG Chemicals' Earnings History.

KMG Chemicals is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 15th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for KMG Chemicals.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for KMG Chemicals' shares. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect KMG Chemicals' share price to reach $71.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for KMG Chemicals.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for KMG Chemicals in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for KMG Chemicals.

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Press coverage about KMG stock has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. KMG Chemicals earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for KMG Chemicals.

KMG Chemicals' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.31%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (5.73%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.25%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.76%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.56%) and FMR LLC (2.21%). Company insiders that own KMG Chemicals stock include Andrew C Lau, Christopher T Fraser, Christopher W Gonser, David L Hatcher, Ernest C Kremling II, Jeffrey S Handelman and Karen A Twitchell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for KMG Chemicals.

KMG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Trigran Investments Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, EAM Investors LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have sold KMG Chemicals company stock in the last year include Christopher W Gonser and David L Hatcher. View Insider Buying and Selling for KMG Chemicals.

KMG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Cortina Asset Management LLC, FMR LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Brown Advisory Inc. and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought KMG Chemicals stock in the last two years include Christopher T Fraser and Jeffrey S Handelman. View Insider Buying and Selling for KMG Chemicals.

Shares of KMG 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 KMG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.12.

KMG Chemicals has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion and generates $333.44 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $23.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.27 on an earnings per share basis. KMG Chemicals employs 751 workers across the globe.

KMG Chemicals' mailing address is 300 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth TX, 76102. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 817-761-6100 or via email at [email protected]