A new trading day began on Tuesday, with World Kinect Corp (NYSE: WKC) stock price down -4.77% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $25.58. WKC’s price has ranged from $22.70 to $31.54 over the past 52 weeks.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Energy sector saw sales slided by -15.88%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -2.29%. With a float of $53.41 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $55.60 million.
World Kinect Corp (WKC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing Industry. The insider ownership of World Kinect Corp is 3.85%, while institutional ownership is 107.12%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’25, was worth 622,843. In this transaction Chairman, CEO and President of this company sold 21,507 shares at a rate of $28.96, taking the stock ownership to the 1,019,063 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 21,507 for $28.96, making the entire transaction worth $622,765.
World Kinect Corp (WKC) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.62 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.46 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.29% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.11% during the next five years compared to -15.88% drop over the previous five years of trading.
World Kinect Corp (NYSE: WKC) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are World Kinect Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.99. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.04. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -7.74, a number that is poised to hit 0.50 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.68 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of World Kinect Corp (WKC)
The latest stats from [World Kinect Corp, WKC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.74 million was superior to 0.71 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 18.17%.
During the past 100 days, World Kinect Corp’s (WKC) raw stochastic average was set at 3.17%, which indicates a significant decrease from 6.74% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.73 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.57 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $25.85, while its 200-day Moving Average is $26.96. Now, the first resistance to watch is $25.38. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $26.39. The third major resistance level sits at $26.99. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $23.76, it is likely to go to the next support level at $23.16. The third support level lies at $22.15 if the price breaches the second support level.
World Kinect Corp (NYSE: WKC) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.35 billion, the company has a total of 55,559K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 42,168 M while annual income is 67,400 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 9,392 M while its latest quarter income was 25,700 K.
