What does the company do?
AK Steel Holding Corporation (AK Holding) is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, and tubular products through its wholly owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel). The Company’s operations consist of seven steelmaking and finishing plants located in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania that produce flat-rolled carbon steels, including coated, cold-rolled and hot-rolled products, and specialty stainless and electrical steels that are sold in slab, hot band, and sheet and strip form. The Company’s operations also include AK Tube LLC (AK Tube), which further finishes flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel at two tube plants located in Ohio and Indiana into welded steel tubing used in the automotive, large truck and construction markets. In addition, the Company’s operations include European trading companies that buy and sell steel and steel products and other materials.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- AK Steel Holding one-year sales: 4.22 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Steel & Iron group: -85.71% - AK Steel Holding one-year income: -545.00 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 4.22 Bil | 29.49 Bil | | Income | -545.00 Mil | 997.81 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- AK Steel Holding one-year sales growth: -55.40%.
Difference from the average for the Steel & Iron group: -27.90 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -55.40% | -27.50% | | Income Growth | NA | -26.20% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- AK Steel Holding one-year net profit margin: -13.0%
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | -13.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 1.4% | | Industry | 9.3% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- AK Steel Holding debt/equity ratio: 0.74.
Difference from the average for the Steel & Iron group: -27.45%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.74 | 1.02 |
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