The stock of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (NYSE: KW) has decreased by -2.09 when compared to last closing price of 6.42.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -7.43% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2025-04-21 that BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $KW–Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE:KW) has partnered with Tokyu Land US Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyu Land Corporation (Tokyu), one of Japan’s largest real estate developers, to launch a new preferred equity and mezzanine real estate investment platform. The expanded credit solution focus will further scale Kennedy Wilson’s thriving credit platform. Kennedy Wilson and Tokyu will target over $200 million in investm.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for KW is 1.12. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 2 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for KW is 117.52M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.64% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of KW on April 25, 2025 was 747.60K shares.
KW’s Market Performance
KW stock saw a decrease of -7.43% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -29.14% and a quarterly a decrease of -31.08%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.22%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.48% for Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (KW). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -12.28% for KW’s stock, with a -36.87% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of KW
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for KW stocks, with Deutsche Bank repeating the rating for KW by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for KW in the upcoming period, according to Deutsche Bank is $9 based on the research report published on February 24, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see KW reach a price target of $6, previously predicting the price at $18. The rating they have provided for KW stocks is “Underperform” according to the report published on November 07th, 2023.
JP Morgan gave a rating of “Neutral” to KW, setting the target price at $21 in the report published on December 16th of the previous year.
KW Trading at -24.50% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought KW to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -47.09% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.48%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.22%, as shares sank -28.43% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -28.02% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, KW fell by -7.88%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -33.03% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.16. In addition, Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc saw -37.08% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at KW starting from ZAX STANLEY R, who purchase 41,000 shares at the price of $8.56 back on Mar 19 ’25. After this action, ZAX STANLEY R now owns 547,400 shares of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc, valued at $350,960 using the latest closing price.
Hendrickson Cathy, the Director of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc, sale 30,000 shares at $8.62 during a trade that took place back on Mar 14 ’25, which means that Hendrickson Cathy is holding 98,318 shares at $258,600 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for KW
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.24 for the present operating margin
- 0.55 for the gross margin
The net margin for Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc stands at -0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -1.97, with -0.45 for asset returns.
Based on Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (KW), the company’s capital structure generated 0.75 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.99. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.49.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 385.9 million with net debt to EBITDA at 15.21. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 10.23. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.67for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.08.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc (KW) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
