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Long or Short: Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC)

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Kilroy Realty Corporation is part of the REITs industry and is in the real estate sector. The company CEO is John B. Kilroy. Kilroy Realty Corp operates in the real estate sector. Its main business involves the development and management of real estate assets in the United States.

Previous Intraday Trading Performance:

The KRC stock showed a previous change of -0.15% with an open at 73.54 and a close of 73.37. It reached an intraday high of 73.83 and a low of 72.36.

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Liquidity:

The stock has a market cap of $7.4b with 101.0m shares outstanding, of which the float is 98.7m shares. Trading volume reached 496,882 shares compared to its average volume of 478,977 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.

Historical Trading Performance:

Over the last five trading days, Kilroy Realty Corporation shares returned -0.08% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -3.22%. Over three months, it changed -0.39%. In one year it has changed -2.64% and within that year its 52-week high was 78.21 and its 52-week low was 59.05. KRC stock is 24.25% above its 52 Week Low.

Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 71.13 and a 50 day moving average of 76.08. Currently KRC stock is trading 3.16% above its 200 day moving average and may be a good opportunity to buy.

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Earnings:

The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 2.54 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 28.89. Based on 6 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.92. The TTM EPS is 3.48, which comes to a TTM PE of 21.08. Historically, the PE high was 198.50 and the PE low was 19.50. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 67.87, which is a decrease of -7.50%.

Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:

1stQtr of 2019 (Reported on 05/06/2019): 0.36
4thQtr of 2018 (Reported on 02/04/2019): 1.58
3rdQtr of 2018 (Reported on 10/24/2018): 0.33
2ndQtr of 2018 (Reported on 07/25/2018): 0.27
1stQtr of 2018 (Reported on 04/25/2018): 0.36

The dividend per share is currently 1.94, which is a dividend yield of 2.64%. Also, the payout ratio is 55.75%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.

Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 63.79, which means it may be overvalued by -15.02%.

Indicators to Watch:

Short-interest was 5,139,079, which was 5.09% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 9.50. 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 0.81.

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Fundamental Indicators:

Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 7.07%, return on assets is 3.61%, profit margin is 36.59%, price-to-sales is 9.69 and price-to-book is 1.90.

Company Scores:

All scores are out of six:
 1  :Valuation Score
 3  :Past Performance Score
 2  :Financial Strength Score
 1  :Future Growth Score
 5  :Dividend Score
 2  :Overall Score

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