FY2025 EPS Estimates for KeyCorp Lifted by Zacks Research

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of KeyCorp in a research note issued on Thursday, November 6th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.45 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $1.39. The consensus estimate for KeyCorp’s current full-year earnings is $1.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for KeyCorp’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.48 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.69 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.48 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.86 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of KeyCorp from $19.00 to $19.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $20.00 price target (up previously from $19.00) on shares of KeyCorp in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on KeyCorp from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their target price on KeyCorp from $20.50 to $21.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their price target on shares of KeyCorp from $22.00 to $21.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $20.75.

KeyCorp Price Performance

KEY opened at $17.60 on Friday. KeyCorp has a twelve month low of $12.73 and a twelve month high of $20.04. The firm has a market cap of $19.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.73, a PEG ratio of 0.52 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a current ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $18.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.42.

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The financial services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.03. KeyCorp had a net margin of 10.08% and a return on equity of 10.14%. The company had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.47) earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 172.7% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other KeyCorp news, insider Andrew J. Paine III sold 44,953 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.29, for a total transaction of $867,143.37. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 245,044 shares in the company, valued at $4,726,898.76. The trade was a 15.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in KeyCorp by 40.4% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 50,954,013 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $814,756,000 after acquiring an additional 14,651,281 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in KeyCorp in the second quarter worth $195,642,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in KeyCorp by 7.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 125,345,385 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,004,273,000 after buying an additional 8,412,625 shares during the period. HoldCo Asset Management LP bought a new stake in KeyCorp in the second quarter valued at $86,995,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its holdings in shares of KeyCorp by 1,142.4% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,001,779 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $79,978,000 after acquiring an additional 4,599,197 shares during the period. 79.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

KeyCorp Company Profile

KeyCorp operates as the holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various retail and commercial banking products and services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Consumer Bank and Commercial Bank. The company offers various deposits, investment products and services; commercial leasing, investment management, consumer finance; and personal finance and financial wellness, student loan refinancing, mortgage and home equity, lending, credit card, treasury, business advisory, wealth management, asset management, cash management, portfolio management, and trust and related services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses.