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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 24th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.49. The specialty chemicals company earned $495.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $539.35 million. Kraton had a net margin of 5.92% and a return on equity of 17.62%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share. View Kraton's Earnings History.

Kraton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kraton.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Kraton's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect Kraton's share price to reach $27.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. 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 and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraton.

Media coverage about KRA stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kraton earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kraton.

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Kraton's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.72%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.13%), Invesco Ltd. (2.64%), Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. (2.58%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.25%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.13%). Company insiders that own Kraton stock 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 Institutional Ownership Trends for Kraton.

KRA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace LLP, Foundry Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Eagle Boston Investment Management Inc., Citadel Advisors LLC, Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc. and First Wilshire Securities Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Kraton company stock in the last year include Holger R Jung, Jose Fernando Cherubini Haddad, Kevin Michael Fogarty and Stephen E Tremblay. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kraton.

KRA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group Inc., Wilen Investment Management CORP., BlackRock Inc. and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc.. 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 $28.31.

Kraton has a market capitalization of $897.71 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]