Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC) has a beta value of 1.22 and has seen 1.96 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $12.30B, closed the recent trade at $10.01 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 0.30% during that session. The KGC stock price is -8.09% off its 52-week high price of $10.82 and 52.55% above the 52-week low of $4.75. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 17.68 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 16.16 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Kinross Gold Corp (KGC) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.12. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.

Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC) trade information

Sporting 0.30% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the KGC stock price touched $10.01 or saw a rise of 2.82%. Year-to-date, Kinross Gold Corp shares have moved 65.45%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.40%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC) have changed -6.45%. Short interest in the company has seen 11.56 million shares shorted with days to cover at 0.68.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $9.55, which means that the shares’ value could drop -4.82% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $4.0 while the price target rests at a high of $12.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -19.88% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 60.04% from the levels at last check today.

Kinross Gold Corp (KGC) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Kinross Gold Corp shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 23.28% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 59.09%, compared to 19.80% for the industry.

Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 68.22% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 29.70%.

KGC Dividends

Kinross Gold Corp is expected to release its next earnings report in December this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.12 at a share yield of 1.20%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 1.24%.

Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.24% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 68.76% with a share float percentage of 68.93%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Kinross Gold Corp having a total of 725.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP with over 121.21 million shares worth more than $1.01 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP held 9.8682% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 46.0 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $382.76 million and represent 3.7455% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Gold Miners ETF and Vanguard International Stock Index-Total Intl Stock Indx. As of Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 4.58% shares in the company for having 56.25 shares of worth $560.79 million while later fund manager owns 17.02 shares of worth $169.69 million as of Jul 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 1.38% of company’s outstanding stock.