Financial Metrics Unveiled: Kellanova (K)’s Key Ratios in the Spotlight

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In other words, the price has increased by $0.00 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.25 million shares were traded. K stock price reached its highest trading level at $82.46 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $82.35.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at K’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 40.96 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.11. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.56 and its Current Ratio is at 0.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.45.

On November 01, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $83.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 14 ’25 when KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST sold 114,583 shares for $82.26 per share. The transaction valued at 9,425,070 led to the insider holds 47,618,280 shares of the business.

KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST sold 114,583 shares of K for $9,458,804 on Mar 07 ’25. The 10% Owner now owns 47,732,863 shares after completing the transaction at $82.55 per share. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, KELLOGG W K FOUNDATION TRUST, who serves as the Owner of approximately 20% of of the company, bought 458,332 shares for $82.55 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, K now has a Market Capitalization of 28428537856 and an Enterprise Value of 34227531776. As of this moment, Kellanova’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.03. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 5.75. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.685 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.033.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for K is 0.34, which has changed by 0.4676528 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08275449 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, K has reached a high of $83.22, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $54.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.32%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.59%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, K traded on average about 2.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2160420 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 345.11M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 294.32M. Insiders hold about 14.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.86% stake in the company. Shares short for K as of 1740700800 were 6582149 with a Short Ratio of 2.86, compared to 1738281600 on 7622186. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6582149 and a Short% of Float of 2.3.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for K is 2.27, which was 2.26 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.027443837The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.54. The current Payout Ratio is 58.22% for K, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1740960000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2023-10-02 when the company split stock in a 1065:1000 ratio.

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