NYSE:PKX - POSCO Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding POSCO Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $48.73 +0.39 (+0.81 %) (As of 12/11/2019 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$48.11Now: $48.73▼$48.7850-Day Range$44.75MA: $47.57▼$49.7152-Week Range$41.14Now: $48.73▼$62.95Volume111,900 shsAverage Volume181,922 shsMarket Capitalization$16.99 billionP/E Ratio11.94Dividend Yield2.85%Beta1.16 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email POSCO manufactures and sells steel rolled products and plates in South Korea and internationally. It operates through four segments: Steel, Construction, Trading, and Others. The company offers hot and cold rolled steel, wire rods, galvanized and electrical galvanized steel, steel plates, electrical and stainless steel, and titanium. It also designs and constructs industrial plants, civil engineering projects, and commercial and residential buildings; exports and imports steel products and raw materials; and generates electricity; produces gas and refuse derived fuel, as well as provides network and system integration, and logistics services. Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Blast furnaces & steel mills Sub-IndustryN/A SectorBasic Materials Current SymbolNYSE:PKX Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK889132 Webhttp://www.posco.com/ Phone82-2-3457-1098Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.21 Current Ratio1.93 Quick Ratio1.26Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio11.94 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$59.13 billion Price / Sales0.29 Cash Flow$12.96 per share Price / Cash Flow3.76 Book Value$121.79 per share Price / Book0.40Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net Income$1.56 billion Net Margins2.26% Return on Equity3.06% Return on Assets1.82%Miscellaneous Employees33,784 Outstanding Shares348,750,000Market Cap$16.99 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable Receive PKX News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for PKX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. PKX Rates by TradingView POSCO (NYSE:PKX) Frequently Asked Questions What is POSCO's stock symbol? POSCO trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PKX." How often does POSCO pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for POSCO? POSCO declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.341 per share on Thursday, June 6th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. View POSCO's Dividend History. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for POSCO? 2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for POSCO in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for POSCO. Has POSCO been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about PKX stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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. POSCO earned a coverage optimism score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for POSCO. Are investors shorting POSCO? POSCO saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 265,500 shares, an increase of 23.7% from the November 14th total of 214,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 172,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View POSCO's Current Options Chain. Who are some of POSCO's key competitors? Some companies that are related to POSCO include SUMITOMO CORP/S (SSUMY), ArcelorMittal (MT), Nucor (NUE), Tenaris (TS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), United States Steel (X), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Mechel PAO (MTL) and Timkensteel (TMST). What other stocks do shareholders of POSCO own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other POSCO investors own include The Coca-Cola (KO), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Ford Motor (F), Mcdonald's (MCD), Walmart (WMT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Micron Technology (MU) and NVIDIA (NVDA). Who are POSCO's key executives? POSCO's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Jeong-Woo Choi, CEO & Representative Director (Age 62)Mr. In-Hwa Chang, Pres & Representative Director (Age 64)Mr. In-Hwan Oh, Chief Operating Officer (Age 61)Sung-Wook Lee, Head of Legal Affairs Office & Exec. VP (Age 55)Mr. Tak Jeong, Head of Marketing Division, VP & Inside Director (Age 60) Who are POSCO's major shareholders? POSCO's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.16%), State Street Corp (0.14%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.05%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.01%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). Which major investors are selling POSCO stock? PKX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Boston Advisors LLC, Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Comerica Bank and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Which major investors are buying POSCO stock? PKX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Banco de Sabadell S.A, ARGA Investment Management LP, Advisor Partners LLC, Brandywine Oak Private Wealth LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Wetherby Asset Management Inc.. How do I buy shares of POSCO? Shares of PKX 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. What is POSCO's stock price today? One share of PKX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.73. How big of a company is POSCO? POSCO has a market capitalization of $16.99 billion and generates $59.13 billion in revenue each year. POSCO employs 33,784 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About POSCO. What is POSCO's official website? The official website for POSCO is http://www.posco.com/. How can I contact POSCO? POSCO's mailing address is POSCO CENTER 440 TEHERAN-RO, SEOUL M5, 06194. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 82-2-3457-1098 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for POSCO (NYSE PKX)Community Ranking: 2.3 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 219 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 265 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 484MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about POSCO and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe PKX will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe PKX will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 12/11/2019 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: How does equity income fit into an investing strategy?
