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, February, 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.06) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.06 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company earned $408.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $391 million. Kraton had a net margin of 4.89% and a return on equity of 14.96%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.67) earnings per share. View Kraton's Earnings History.

Kraton is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kraton.

3 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Kraton's stock. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $33.00. On average, they expect Kraton's share price to reach $24.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 139.0% 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.

Media coverage about KRA stock has trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kraton earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kraton.

Kraton saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 1,170,000 shares, a decrease of 6.4% from the January 30th total of 1,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 185,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.3 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Kraton's Current Options Chain.

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Kraton's stock is owned by a number of 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., 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 $10.32.

Kraton has a market capitalization of $327.19 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]