With 13.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 11.94 million shares. The 52-week range on KEY shows that it touched its highest point at $20.04 and its lowest point at $13.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.03. With its current market cap of 17.60 billion, KEY has annualized dividend of $0.82 while the current yield stands at 5.15%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.05.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of KEY was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.18%, but this was down by -11.25% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.64% while six-month performance fell -4.78%. The stock gained 9.26% in the past year, while it has lost -7.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KEY yields -0.30 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.75. For the next quarter, that number is 0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 28.33% for this year and 18.56% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.11 billion KEY shares are outstanding with a float of 1.10 billion shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KEY since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.02736 being high and $0.99959 being low. For KEY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.0181. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.39 and the low estimate is $0.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.37.
