With 1.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.15 million shares. The 52-week range on KGS shows that it touched its highest point at $50.43 and its lowest point at $24.83 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.64. With its current market cap of 2.92 billion, KGS has annualized dividend of $1.61 while the current yield stands at 4.84%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.53.
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 KGS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -18.96%, but this was down by -28.29% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.28% while six-month performance rose 24.71%. The stock gained 24.76% in the past year, while it has lost -18.54% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KGS yields 0.58 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.22. For the next quarter, that number is 0.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of 219.03% for this year and 24.29% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 87.81 million KGS shares are outstanding with a float of 49.33 million 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 KGS since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $1.26813 being high and $0.58231 being low. For KGS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.93169.
