KapStone Paper and Packaging
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: The majority of analysts back KapStone as a buy. But with 60% of analysts rating it a buy, KapStone is still below the mean analyst rating of its nearest eight competitors, which average 70% buys. Analysts don't like KapStone as much as competitor Boise overall. Three out of four analysts rate Boise a buy compared to three of five for KapStone. KapStone's rating hasn't changed over the past three months.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $214.3 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 3.3% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.39 per share. Estimates range from $0.34 to $0.43.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock with 97% giving it an "outperform" rating. The community at large backs the All-Stars with 93.8% awarding it a rating of "outperform." Fools have embraced KapStone, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 42 posts in the past 30 days. Despite the majority sentiment in favor of KapStone, the stock has a middling CAPS rating of three out of five stars.
Management:
KapStone's profit has risen year over year by an average of 73.5% over the past five quarters. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters.
Quarter | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
Gross Margin | 33.4% | 31.0% | 26.8% | 31.5% |
Operating Margin | 14.3% | 12.3% | 8.8% | 12.8% |
Net Margin | 8.5% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 18.5% |
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