Kellogg Company trades as part of the consumer defensive sector and is in the consumer packaged goods industry. The company CEO is Steven A. Cahillane. Kellogg Co is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods. Its products include cereal, cookies, crackers, and other packaged foods.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The K stock showed a previous change of -0.93% with an open at 57.15 and a close of 56.56. It reached an intraday high of 57.24 and a low of 56.53.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $19.3b with 340.5m shares outstanding, of which the float is 338.8m shares. Trading volume reached 936,844 shares compared to its average volume of 2,035,940 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Kellogg Company shares returned 0.21% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -1.75%. Over three months, it changed 2.63%. In one year it has changed -7.78% and within that year its 52-week high was 74.98 and its 52-week low was 53.14. K stock is 6.44% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 61.63 and a 50 day moving average of 57.26. Currently K stock is trading -8.23% below its 200 day moving average and may not be a good opportunity to buy as it may continue to trend down.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 3.83 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 14.77. Based on 7 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.95. The TTM EPS is 4.30, which comes to a TTM PE of 13.15. Historically, the PE high was 50.40 and the PE low was 11.30. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 48.60, which is a decrease of -14.07%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | 0.82 |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | -0.24 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.09 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.71 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | 1.27 |
The dividend per share is currently 2.24, which is a dividend yield of 3.96%. Also, the payout ratio is 52.09%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 85.75, which means it is possibly undervalued and has a margin of safety of 34.04%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 17,528,394, which was 5.15% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 7.39. This stock has a moderate level of short interest, but may still be a buying opportunity depending on other indicators.
The current calculated beta is 0.58.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 48.46%, return on assets is 6.97%, profit margin is 8.74%, price-to-sales is 1.42 and price-to-book is 7.60.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
3 :Valuation Score
2 :Past Performance Score
1 :Financial Strength Score
2 :Future Growth Score
6 :Dividend Score
2 :Overall Score
