Report
Andrew Lane
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

We expect AK Steel to generate low-single-digit operating margins through 2020.

AK Steel's third-quarter results exceeded our expectations as the combination of higher average selling prices and favorable unit costs drove significant margin expansion. EBITDA margins expanded to 13.0% in the quarter, up from only 8.2% in both the second quarter and the same period last year. The company's improved performance reflects the benefits of management's strategy to move away from commodity products and shift toward the production of higher-value steel products. This strategy should...
Underlying
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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