Keycorp (NYSE:KEY) traded at $14.49 at close of the session on Tuesday, March 19, made an upward move of 0.35% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $14.44 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.27 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 16.39. In terms of its 52-week price range, KEY has a high of $15.29 and a low of $8.53. The company’s stock has gained about 2.99% over that past 30 days.
Keycorp has a market cap of $13.53 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on Apr 18, 2024. With its Forward Dividend at 0.82 and a yield of 5.66%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the KEY stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $1.18 for 2024 and $1.68 for next year. These figures represent 7.30% and 42.40% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $1.51 billion, with a low of $1.49 billion and a high of $1.55 billion. The median projection represents growth adding up to -15.50% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the KEY stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 0.02% off its SMA20 and 1.13% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 50.63 while the volatility over the past week is 2.56% and jumps to 2.79% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.28, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.42.
Coming back to Keycorp (NYSE:KEY), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 17.09 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 16.27 million. Current shares outstanding are 936.56 million.
The insiders hold 0.43% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 80.74%. The data shows that short shares as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 23.69 million at a short ratio of 1.31. This represents a 2.54% short interest in shares outstanding on Feb 29, 2024. Shares short fall in February from the previous month at 31.05 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 0.63% up in year-to-date price movement.
