kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks announced a quarterly dividend on wednesday, december 17th, stockratingsnetwork reports. investors of record on tuesday, december 30th will be paid a dividend of 0.10 per share on monday, january 12th. this represents a 0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.38. the exdividend date is friday, december 26th.a number of analysts have recently weighed in on ks shares. analysts at vertical research downgraded shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. to a &ldquohold&rdquo rating in a research note on friday, december 12th. on a related note, analysts at zacks downgraded shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. from a &ldquoneutral&rdquo rating to an &ldquounderperform&rdquo rating in a research note on tuesday, november 4th. they now have a 28.50 price target on the stock. finally, analysts at dundee securities initiated coverage on shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. in a research note on monday, october 20th. they set a &ldquobuy&rdquo rating and a 31.50 price target on the stock. one analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. the stock has a consensus rating of &ldquohold&rdquo and a consensus price target of 32.83.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks opened at 28.99 on thursday. kapstone paper and packaging corp. has a 52 week low of 23.55 and a 52 week high of 34.43. the stock has a 50day moving average of 30.16 and a 200day moving average of 29.98. the company has a market cap of 2.783 billion and a pe ratio of 15.15.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks last announced its earnings results on thursday, october 30th. the company reported 0.60 earnings per share eps for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of 0.67 by 0.07. the company had revenue of 598.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of 604.20 million. during the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted 0.52 earnings per share. the company&rsquos revenue for the quarter was up 11.0 on a yearoveryear basis. on average, analysts predict that kapstone paper and packaging corp. will post 2.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.in other kapstone paper and packaging corp. news, cfo andrea k. tarbox unloaded 25,000 shares of the company&rsquos stock on the open market in a transaction dated tuesday, december 9th. the stock was sold at an average price of 30.00, for a total transaction of 750,000.00. the sale was disclosed in a document filed with the sec, which can be accessed through this link.kapstone paper and packaging corporation nyseks is an integrated manufacture and sale of unbleached kraft paper and corrugated products for industrial and consumer markets.receive news & ratings for kapstone paper and packaging corp. daily enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts&39 ratings for kapstone paper and packaging corp. and related companies with analyst ratings network&39s free daily email newsletter 
