NYSE:KRA - Kraton Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Kraton Corp (NYSE:KRA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 25th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $538.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $544.78 million. Kraton had a return on equity of 17.62% and a net margin of 3.60%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.82 EPS. View Kraton's Earnings History.

Kraton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kraton.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Kraton's stock. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Kraton's share price to reach $56.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 22.8% 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 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraton.

Some companies that are related to Kraton include Hexcel (HXL), PolyOne (POL), Trinseo (TSE), Rogers (ROG), A Schulman (SHLM), AdvanSix (ASIX), Cereplast (CERPQ) and ForceField Energy (FNRG).

News articles about KRA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kraton earned a daily sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 45.69 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Kraton.

Kraton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.67%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (8.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.15%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.11%), Rothschild Asset Management Inc. (2.82%) and Evermore Global Advisors LLC (1.40%). Company insiders that own Kraton stock include Barry J Goldstein, Chris H Russell, Dan F Smith, Francis S Kalman, Holger R Jung, James Leo Simmons, Jose Fernando Cherubini Haddad, Karen A Twitchell, Kevin Michael Fogarty, Marcello C Boldrini, 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 Aristotle Capital Boston LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Skylands Capital LLC, Evermore Global Advisors LLC, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Northpointe Capital LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Castleark Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kraton company stock in the last year include Barry J Goldstein, Chris H Russell, Holger R Jung, James Leo Simmons, Jose Fernando Cherubini Haddad, Kevin Michael Fogarty, Marcello C Boldrini, Stephen E Tremblay and Vijay Mhetar. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraton.

KRA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Advisors Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, American Century Companies Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC and LSV Asset Management. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KRA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.14.

Kraton has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion and generates $1.96 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $97.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.85 on an earnings per share basis. Kraton employs 1,931 workers across the globe.

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]