Kellanova (K) is -0.15% away from 50-day simple Moving Average despite all headwinds

On Monday, Kellanova (NYSE: K) opened lower -0.22% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $82.48. Price fluctuations for K have ranged from $55.96 to $83.22 over the past 52 weeks.

It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Defensive sector saw sales slided by -1.10%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -2.54% at the time writing. With a float of $296.69 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $346.94 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 24000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.2%, operating margin of 15.12%, and the pretax margin is 13.29%.

Kellanova (K) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Packaged Foods industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Kellanova is 14.48%, while institutional ownership is 68.97%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 07 ’25, was worth 9,459,743. In this transaction 10% Owner of this company sold 114,583 shares at a rate of $82.56, taking the stock ownership to the 46,816,199 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 07 ’25, when Company’s Owner of approximately 20% of proposed sale 458,332 for $82.56, making the entire transaction worth $37,838,973.

Kellanova (K) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.54% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 1.70% during the next five years compared to 6.76% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Kellanova (NYSE: K) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Kellanova (K). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.52. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.26. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.09.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.97, a number that is poised to hit 1.01 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.97 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Kellanova (K)

The latest stats from [Kellanova, K] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.51 million was inferior to 2.63 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.60%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.29.

During the past 100 days, Kellanova’s (K) raw stochastic average was set at 68.17%, which indicates a significant increase from 19.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 2.78% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 3.18% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $82.43, while its 200-day Moving Average is $80.36. Now, the first resistance to watch is $82.50. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $82.71. The third major resistance level sits at $82.88. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $82.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $81.95. The third support level lies at $81.74 if the price breaches the second support level.

Kellanova (NYSE: K) Key Stats

There are currently 346,939K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 28.55 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 12,749 M according to its annual income of 1,343 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 3,083 M and its income totaled 304,000 K.