NYSE:KRA - Kraton Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kraton trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KRA."

Kraton Corp (NYSE:KRA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $444.22 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $473.49 million. Kraton had a return on equity of 14.96% and a net margin of 4.89%. Kraton's revenue for the quarter was down 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.02 EPS. View Kraton's Earnings History.

Kraton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kraton.

Kraton will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Kraton's shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Kraton's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraton.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraton in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraton.

Headlines about KRA stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraton earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kraton.

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Kraton's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (3.21%), State Street Corp (3.04%), Evermore Global Advisors LLC (2.61%), Royce & Associates LP (1.98%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.93%) and Weber Alan W (1.90%). Company insiders that own Kraton stock include Chris H Russell, Holger R Jung, Jose Fernando Cherubini Haddad, Kevin Michael Fogarty, Marcello C Boldrini, Melinda Scissors Conley, Stephen E Tremblay and Vijay Mhetar. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kraton.

KRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Hancock Whitney Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Kraton company stock in the last year include Chris H Russell, Holger R Jung, Jose Fernando Cherubini Haddad, Kevin Michael Fogarty and Melinda Scissors Conley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraton.

KRA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Royce & Associates LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Lapides Asset Management LLC, Weber Alan W and AQR Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraton.

Shares of KRA 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.35.

Kraton has a market capitalization of $518.30 million and generates $2.01 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $67.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis. Kraton employs 1,918 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kraton.

The official website for Kraton is http://www.kraton.com/.

Kraton's mailing address is 15710 JOHN F. KENNEDY BLVD. SUITE 300, HOUSTON TX, 77032. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 281-504-4700 or via email at [email protected]