$2.17M in average volume shows that Kellanova (K) is heading in the right direction

A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Kellanova (NYSE: K) stock price down -0.04% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $82.72. K’s price has ranged from $52.46 to $82.75 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was -1.10%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -0.05%. With a float of $294.12 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $345.11 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 24000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 51.06%, operating margin of 14.86%, and the pretax margin is 12.98%.

Kellanova (K) Insider Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Packaged Foods Industry. The insider ownership of Kellanova is 14.80%, while institutional ownership is 67.97%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 21 ’25, was worth 9,453,155. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company sold 114,583 shares at a rate of $82.50, taking the stock ownership to the 47,962,029 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 14 ’25, when Company’s 10% Owner sold 114,583 for $82.25, making the entire transaction worth $9,424,773. This insider now owns 48,076,612 shares in total.

Kellanova (K) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.03 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.05% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.70% during the next five years compared to 6.76% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Kellanova (NYSE: K) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Kellanova’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.56. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.24. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.22.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.87, a number that is poised to hit 1.02 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.13 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Kellanova (K)

Looking closely at Kellanova (NYSE: K), its last 5-days average volume was 2.35 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.39 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 88.13%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.24.

During the past 100 days, Kellanova’s (K) raw stochastic average was set at 93.65%, which indicates a significant increase from 86.50% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.74% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 3.16% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $81.55, while its 200-day Moving Average is $74.16. However, in the short run, Kellanova’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $82.80. Second resistance stands at $82.91. The third major resistance level sits at $82.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $82.63, it is likely to go to the next support level at $82.57. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $82.46.

Kellanova (NYSE: K) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 28.55 billion, the company has a total of 344,698K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 12,749 M while annual income is 1,343 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 3,124 M while its latest quarter income was 365,000 K.