NYSE:PKXPOSCO 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 $42.34 +1.01 (+2.44 %) (As of 06/5/2020 02:49 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$42.15Now: $42.34▼$42.9250-Day Range$33.67MA: $36.00▼$42.0052-Week Range$26.27Now: $42.34▼$54.53Volume5,853 shsAverage Volume214,525 shsMarket Capitalization$14.77 billionP/E Ratio8.59Dividend Yield2.31%Beta1.16 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media 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. In addition, the company engages in the engineering and construction; coated steel, zinc relief, and components manufacturing; computer hardware and software distribution; economic research and consulting; business facility maintenance; architecture and consulting; investment in venture, energy, and bio tech industries; electronic commerce; refractories and quicklime manufacturing and sales; transporting and warehousing; real estate rental and sale; house and train manufacturing and management; education and real estate business; and hotel businesses. Further, it engages in the non-residential building rental; secondary and storage battery and textile manufacturing; resource development; iron ore and coal sales; and mine development. Additionally, the company engages in loading and unloading; IT service and DVR; electric control engineering; forest resources development; human resource; wastewater treatment operation and maintenance; crude oil and natural gas mining; refractory materials sales and furnace maintenance; rice processing; grain sales; packing materials manufacturing; and social enterprise businesses. POSCO was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingPOSCO has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $59.00, POSCO has a potential upside of 39.3% from its current price of $42.34.Amount of Analyst CoveragePOSCO has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.3 Community Rank Outperform VotesPOSCO has received 237 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesPOSCO has received 289 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentPOSCO has received 54.94% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat'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. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipPOSCO is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 2.31%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthPOSCO has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of POSCO is 19.96 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, POSCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.64 % next year. This indicates that POSCO will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, POSCO insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.01% of the stock of POSCO is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 3.16% of the stock of POSCO is held by institutions. Previous Next 3.8 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for POSCO are expected to grow by 55.88% in the coming year, from $3.74 to $5.83 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of POSCO is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.39.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of POSCO is 8.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 22.52.Price to Earnings Growth RatioPOSCO has a PEG Ratio of 2.25. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioPOSCO has a P/B Ratio of 0.39. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 2.3Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 3.8 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.54 out of 5 stars 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 Webwww.posco.com Phone82-2-3457-1386Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.25 Current Ratio2.12 Quick Ratio1.44Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio8.59 Forward P/E Ratio11.32 P/E Growth2.25 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$54.78 billion Price / Sales0.27 Cash Flow$12.53 per share Price / Cash Flow3.38 Book Value$109.57 per share Price / Book0.39Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.86 Net Income$1.49 billion Net Margins2.87% Return on Equity3.91% Return on Assets2.35%Miscellaneous Employees35,261 Outstanding Shares348,740,000Market Cap$14.77 billion Next Earnings Date6/9/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable PKX Rates by TradingView 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. POSCO (NYSE:PKX) Frequently Asked Questions How has POSCO's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? POSCO's stock was trading at $36.71 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PKX stock has increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $42.34. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of POSCO? 5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for POSCO in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for POSCO. When is POSCO's next earnings date? POSCO is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for POSCO. How often does POSCO pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for POSCO? POSCO declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.664 per share on Monday, May 4th. This represents a $2.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.27%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is an increase from POSCO's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. View POSCO's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for PKX? 5 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for POSCO's stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate POSCO's stock price to reach $59.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for POSCO. Has POSCO been receiving favorable news coverage? Media stories about PKX stock have been trending extremely positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. POSCO earned a coverage optimism score of 4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutPOSCO. Are investors shorting POSCO? POSCO saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 395,800 shares, a drop of 14.0% from the April 30th total of 460,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 307,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), Nucor (NUE), ArcelorMittal (MT), Tenaris (TS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Commercial Metals (CMC), United States Steel (X), Carpenter Technology (CRS), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), Mechel PAO (MTL), SunCoke Energy (SXC) and Timkensteel (TMST). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of POSCO own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other POSCO investors own include Coca-Cola (KO), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Enbridge (ENB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Gilead Sciences (GILD), IBM (IBM), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT). Who are POSCO's key executives? POSCO's management team includes the following 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) What is POSCO's stock symbol? POSCO trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PKX." Who are POSCO's major shareholders? POSCO's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.20%), Morgan Stanley (0.19%), Morgan Stanley (0.19%), UBS Group AG (0.18%), BlackRock Inc. (0.17%) and State Street Corp (0.13%). Which major investors are selling POSCO stock? PKX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Van ECK Associates Corp, Greenleaf Trust, KCS Wealth Advisory, and Wetherby 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 UBS Group AG, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc, Greenline Partners LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Clearbridge Investments LLC. 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 $42.34. How big of a company is POSCO? POSCO has a market capitalization of $14.77 billion and generates $54.78 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.86 on an earnings per share basis. POSCO employs 35,261 workers across the globe. What is POSCO's official website? The official website for POSCO is www.posco.com. How can I contact POSCO? POSCO's mailing address is POSCO CENTER 440 TEHERAN-RO, SEOUL M5, 6194. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 82-2-3457-1386 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/5/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
