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Andrew Lane
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

AK Steel Reports Improved 1Q Results, but We Maintain Negative Outlook; $4.50 FVE Unchanged

AK Steel's first-quarter earnings of $0.19 per diluted share marked the company's most profitable first quarter since 2008. We maintain our $4.50 fair value estimate and no-moat rating, as our long-term outlook is unchanged. Although the shares traded sharply lower after the earnings release, we still see downside from current share prices due to our outlook for materially lower steel prices in the second half of 2017 and beyond.
AK Steel reported adjusted EBITDA of $143 million on sales just ab...
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AK Steel Holding Corporation

AK Steel Holding is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels products primarily for the automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, and distributors and converters markets through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation. The company's other subsidiaries also provide customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products, solutions, tool design, hot- and cold-stamped steel components and assemblies. The company sells its carbon steel products mainly to customers in North America, and it sells its electrical and stainless steel products primarily in North America and Europe. The company also produces metallurgical coal through its AK Coal Resources, Inc. subsidiary.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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Andrew Lane

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