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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company earned $444.22 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $473.49 million. Kraton had a net margin of 4.89% and a return on equity of 14.96%. Kraton's quarterly revenue was down 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Kraton's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $33.00. On average, they anticipate Kraton's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 81.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraton.

3 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraton.

News coverage about KRA stock has been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraton earned a news sentiment 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, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kraton.

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Kraton's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail 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., Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Hancock Whitney Corp. 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., First Wilshire Securities Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Royce & Associates LP, Foundry Partners LLC, Lapides Asset Management LLC and Weber Alan W. 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 $14.89.

Kraton has a market capitalization of $472.07 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]