Press coverage about LSC Communications (NASDAQ:LKSD) has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. LSC Communications earned a news sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the company an impact score of 45.947903245387 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
These are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:
- LSC Communications Announces Strategic Equity Investment in AI-Driven Technology: Authors, Inc. (finance.yahoo.com)
- LSC Communications Inc (LKSD) Analysts See $0.68 EPS (cote-ivoire.com)
- Does LSC Communications (LKSD) Look Attractive Now? JP Morgan Initiates Coverage (hoyentv.com)
- LSC Communications Inc (LKSD) Now Covered by JP Morgan Chase & Co (bulhufas.com)
- LSC Communications Inc (NASDAQ:LKSD) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend (overnewsmagazine.com)
A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of LSC Communications from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 6th. Bank of America Corporation assumed coverage on shares of LSC Communications in a research note on Wednesday, May 24th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $24.00 price objective on the stock. J P Morgan Chase & Co assumed coverage on shares of LSC Communications in a research note on Friday, July 21st. They set a “neutral” rating on the stock. Finally, Citigroup Inc. assumed coverage on shares of LSC Communications in a research note on Tuesday, May 30th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $23.00 price objective on the stock. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $24.00.
LSC Communications (NASDAQ:LKSD) opened at 21.49 on Thursday. LSC Communications has a 12-month low of $17.00 and a 12-month high of $37.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $729.39 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.48. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $21.18 and its 200-day moving average price is $23.94.
LSC Communications (NASDAQ:LKSD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 4th. The company reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.42. LSC Communications had a negative return on equity of 1.59% and a negative net margin of 0.12%. The company had revenue of $821 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $839.75 million. The business’s revenue was down 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that LSC Communications will post $2.37 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 11th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.65%.
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LSC Communications Company Profile
LSC Communications, Inc focuses on traditional and digital print, print-related services and office products. The Company’s segments are Print and Office Products. The Company, through its Print segment, provides a range of print product offerings, which include magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, books and directories.
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