With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.11 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 $45.10. With its current market cap of 3.00 billion, KGS has annualized dividend of $2.06 while the current yield stands at 6.04%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.
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 up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.35%, but this was up by 8.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.45% while six-month performance rose 9.64%. The stock gained 25.02% in the past year, while it has lost -16.41% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KGS yields 0.58 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.10. For the next quarter, that number is 0.42. This implies an EPS growth rate of 206.78% for this year and 22.11% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 87.81 million KGS shares are outstanding with a float of 50.21 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.48 and the low estimate is $0.38. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.44.
