shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks have been given a consensus recommendation of &ldquobuy&rdquo by the eight ratings firms that are covering the stock, stock ratings network reports. one research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. the average twelvemonth target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is 32.83.several analysts have recently commented on the stock. 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. separately, 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. finally, analysts at barclays reiterated an &ldquooverweight&rdquo rating on shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. in a research note on monday, october 13th. they now have a 35.00 price target on the stock, down previously from 37.00.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks traded up 0.95 during midday trading on monday, hitting 29.87. the stock had a trading volume of 417,581 shares. kapstone paper and packaging corp. has a 52week low of 23.55 and a 52week high of 34.43. the stock&rsquos 50day moving average is 28.91 and its 200day moving average is 29.84. the company has a market cap of 2.868 billion and a pe ratio of 15.91.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks last posted its quarterly 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.in other kapstone paper and packaging corp. news, vp timothy p. keneally unloaded 23,352 shares of the company&rsquos stock on the open market in a transaction dated tuesday, november 18th. the shares were sold at an average price of 30.56, for a total transaction of 713,637.12. the sale was disclosed in a document filed with the securities & exchange commission, 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.
