Keycorp Stock Story

KEY

- USA Stock

USD 19.12 0.59 3.18%

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Keycorp Profit Margin is fairly stable at the moment as compared to the past year. Keycorp reported Profit Margin of 0.25 in 2021. Price to Book Value is likely to rise to 1.15 in 2022, whereas Net Income Per Employee is likely to drop slightly above 66.4 K in 2022. In spite of fairly strong technical and fundamental indicators, Keycorp is not utilizing all of its potentials. The current stock price disturbance, may contribute to a short-term swings for the investors. The entity current probability of distress is under 45 percent. Will investors continue to be optimistic, or should we expect a sell-off?

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Thinking to buy more of Keycorp (NYSE:KEY)?

Keycorp has performance score of 5 on a scale of 0 to 100. The company secures a Beta (Market Risk) of 1.4416, which conveys a somewhat significant risk relative to the market. Let's try to break down what Keycorp's beta means in this case. As the market goes up, the company is expected to outperform it. However, if the market returns are negative, Keycorp will likely underperform. Although it is extremely important to respect Keycorp price patterns, it is better to be realistic regarding the information on equity historical price patterns. The philosophy towards estimating future performance of any stock is to evaluate the business as a whole together with its past performance, including all available fundamental and technical indicators. By analyzing Keycorp technical indicators, you can presently evaluate if the expected return of 0.13% will be sustainable into the future. Keycorp right now secures a risk of 1.79%. Please verify Keycorp treynor ratio, expected short fall, as well as the relationship between the Expected Short fall and day median price to decide if Keycorp will be following its current price movements.

Typically, a company's financial statements are the reports that show the financial position of the company. There are three main documents that fall into the category of financial statements. These documents include Keycorp income statement, its balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows. Potential Keycorp investors and stakeholders use financial statements to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Keycorp investors may use each financial statement separately, they are all related. The changes in Keycorp's assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses that we see on Keycorp's income statement, which results in the company's gains or losses. Cash flows can provide more information regarding cash listed on a balance sheet, but not equivalent to net income shown on the income statement. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.

The goal of Keycorp fundamental analysis is to do accurate financial forecasts. There are several possible objectives to fundamental analysis, such as projecting of Keycorp performance into the future periods or doing a reasonable stock valuation. The intrinsic value of Keycorp shares is the value that is considered the true value of the share. If the intrinsic value of Keycorp is higher than its market price, buying is generally recommended. If it is equal to the market price, it is recommended to hold; and if it is less than the market price, then one should sell all shares Keycorp.

Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

Are Keycorp Earnings Expected to grow?

The future earnings power of Keycorp involves the interaction of many company-specific, industry, and economic forces. Earnings estimates embody investors' opinions of Keycorp factors such as sales growth, product demand, competitive industry environment, profit margins, and cost controls. Keycorp stock prices adjust as these expectations change or are proven wrong. The main thing to remember is that equities with high expected earnings growth tend to underperform the market because it is usually difficult to meet the market's high expectations. Companies with low earnings expectations tend to do better than expected. Please use our latest analysis of Keycorp expected earnings.

And What about dividends?

A dividend is the distribution of a portion of Keycorp earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors and paid to a class of its shareholders. Note, announcements of dividend payouts are generally accompanied by a proportional increase or decrease in a company's stock price. Keycorp dividend payments follow a chronological order of events, and the associated dates are important to determine the shareholders who qualify for receiving the dividend payment. Keycorp one year expected dividend income is about $0.37 per share.

Preferred Dividends Income Statement Impact is likely to drop to about 99.9 M in 2022. Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions is likely to drop to about (844.7 M) in 2022.

	Last Reported	Projected for 2022
Preferred Dividends Income Statement Impact	121.9 M	99.9 M
Payment of Dividends and Other Cash Distributions	-823 M	-844.7 M
Dividend Yield	0.032	0.0314
Dividends per Basic Common Share	0.75	0.63

Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Keycorp is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Keycorp must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.

This type of analysis is very useful when you want to generate a past dividend schedule and payout information for Keycorp. Then that information in the form of graph and calendar can be used to fully explain how Du Pont dividends can provide a real clue to its valuation.

What do experts say?

Stock analysis is a method for investors and traders to make buying and selling decisions. By studying and evaluating past and current data, investors and traders attempt to gain an edge in the markets by making informed decisions.

It is good to see analyst projects for Keycorp, but it might be worth checking our own buy vs. sell analysis

Keycorp Gross Profit

Keycorp Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Keycorp previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Keycorp Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years.

Please check Gross Profit in more details.

Acquisition by Richard Tobin of 1061 shares of Keycorp subject to Rule 16b-3

Legal trades by Keycorp insiders are very common, as founders, directors, or employees of any publicly traded firm often have stock or stock options. These trades are made public in the United States through the filing of Form 4 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Below entry was recorded recently and is publicly available as an insider trade:

Keycorp insider trading alert for grant of deferred shares by Richard Tobin, the corporate stakeholder, on 4th of April 2022. This event was filed by Keycorp with SEC on 2022-04-04. Statement of changes in beneficial ownership - SEC Form 4 [view details]

Note, although insider trading is legal, in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany, for mandatory reporting purposes, corporate insiders are defined as a company's officers, directors, and any beneficial owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's equity securities.

What is driving Keycorp Investor Appetite?

Many companies such as Keycorp have both institutions investors and insiders sharing the ownership. Retail investors typically buy and sell stocks in round lots of 100 shares or more. Other other hand institutional investors are known to buy and sell in block trades of 10,000 shares or more. Let's take a look at how the ownership of Keycorp is distributed among investors.

Ownership Allocation

Keycorp holds a total of 931.06 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Keycorp outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These third-party entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in Keycorp to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional holders are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Keycorp. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Keycorp as this could imply that something significant has changed or about to change at the company. Note that regardless of who owns the company, if the true value of the entity is less than the market is willing to pay for it, you may not be able to generate positive returns over time.

Retail Investors

13.69%

Institutions

85.81%

	Retail Investors	13.69
	Insiders	0.5
	Institutions	85.81

	2019	2020	2021	2022 (projected)
PPandE Turnover	9.07	9.34	8.4	7.15
Calculated Tax Rate	15.53	14.59	16.78	21.68

PPandE Turnover Calculated Tax Rate

Analysis of Keycorp

Current Risk Adjusted Performance is up to 0.09. Price may slide again.

As of the 20th of January, Keycorp secures the Mean Deviation of 1.26, downside deviation of 1.75, and Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.0925. Keycorp technical analysis lets you operate historical price patterns with an objective to determine a pattern that forecasts the direction of the firm's future prices. Strictly speaking, you can use this information to find out if the firm will indeed mirror its model of past prices, or the prices will eventually revert. We were able to analyze and collect data for nineteen technical drivers for Keycorp, which can be compared to its peers in the industry. Please verify Keycorp standard deviation, as well as the relationship between the value at risk and kurtosis to decide if Keycorp is priced some-what accurately, providing market reflects its recent price of 25.13 per share. Given that Keycorp has jensen alpha of 0.2051, we recommend you to check Keycorp's last-minute market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself at a future point.

Our Final Take On Keycorp

While some other entities within the banks—regional industry are still a little expensive, even after the recent corrections, Keycorp may offer a potential longer-term growth to investors. While some investors may not share our view, we believe it may be a good time to increase your existing holdings in Keycorp. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Keycorp.

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Vlad Skutelnik is a Macroaxis Contributor. Vlad covers stocks, funds, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs that are traded in North America, focusing primarily on fundamentals, valuation and market volatility. He has many years of experience in fintech, predictive investment analytics, and risk management. View Profile

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