The trading price of Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $15.82, 4.08% higher than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 20.57. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $15.45 and a 52-week low of $6.67. Over the past month, the stock has gained 32.05% in value.
Kinross Gold Corp, whose market valuation is $19.47 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in June. The dividend yield on the company stock is 0.76%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.12. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest KGC has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned KGC a recommendation rating is 7. Out of them, 2 rate it a Hold, while 4 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Kinross Gold Corp (KGC) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 1.47, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that KGC’s price is currently 8.66% off the SMA20 and 22.83% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 69.90, and weekly volatility stands at 3.24%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 4.51%. Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.65, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.66. With analysts defining $15-$16 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $15.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 5.18% off the estimated low and -1.14% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if KGC’s share price rises to $15.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, KGC’s share price would be 2.02% above current price.
To see how Kinross Gold Corp stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: KGC stock’s performance was 4.08% at last check in today’s session, and 140.06% in the past year. Kinross Gold Corp has a P/E ratio of 20.57.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC) indicates that the 3-month average is 21.80 million.
Currently, records show that 1.23 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.63% of outstanding shares, whereasinstitutions hold 64.38%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 70.66% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
