Overall Rating
1.
Relative Strength What's This?
Stock is slightly underperforming.
2.
Overall Yield Attractiveness What's This?
Stock's dividend yield is unattractive.
3.
Dividend Reliability What's This?
This rating is directly related to the length and consistency of a company's dividend payouts.
4.
Dividend Uptrend What's This?
The dividend has not increased in years.
5.
Earnings Growth What's This?
Earnings estimates have been cut slightly.
AK Steel (AKS)
Previous Day's Closing Price*
$7.90
Annual Stock Dividend
$0.20
Current Dividend Yield
2.53%
Recent Headlines
- AK Steel Cautious on Outlook as Steel Demand Continues to Dwindle (AKS)
Tue, Oct 21, 2008 - Dividend Stocks: Traders Special (ACI, BTU, CNX, MEE, WLT, SCHN, X, AKS, RS, NUE)
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 - Is Yamana Gold's Run Over? (AUY)
Fri, Aug 22, 2008 - Dividend Stocks: Traders Special (AKS, AUY, POT)
Tue, Aug 19, 2008 - Steel Stocks: Have They Bottomed? (X, RS, NUE, SCHN, AKS)
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 - Don't Let Greed "Steel" Away Your Profits (X, RS, NUE, SCHN, AKS)
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 - Dividend Stocks Removed From Recommended List (AKS, SWS, SNHY, NZT, VMI, EOC, FWRD, UBB, SHS, QELP, MSB, FR)
Fri, Jul 4, 2008
Profile & Recommendation
Company Profile
AK Steel (AKS)-the company produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,500 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky; Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
Based on our rating criteria, this stock has achieved a "Neutral" rating. Stocks with a neutral rating are considered mediocre investments in terms of expected price growth and dividend payments.
Stock Notes
This company is not an attractive dividend stock investment at this time.
* Stock price reflects previous day's closing price. All stock quotes on this website should be considered as having a 24-hour delay.
** Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. The author is not registered as an investment adviser. The author may or may not hold positions in the securities mentioned in this article or video. The author relies upon the "publisher's exclusion" from the definition of "investment adviser" as provided under Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and corresponding state securities laws.




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