World Kinect Corporation (WKC) Stock Analysis
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Energy · Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $26.47: Quality below floor (2.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 79.25; Below-average business quality.
World Kinect Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy management company in the United States, rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in three segments: Aviation, Land, and Marine. The Aviation segment... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $26.47: Quality below floor (2.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 79.25; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 76. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 90d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $26.47: Quality below floor (2.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 18%; Elevated put/call ratio: 79.25; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 76. Prior stop was $24.62. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $29.20 (+10.3% upside). Prior stop was $24.62. Stop-loss: $24.62.
Target reached (-6.9% upside); Quality below floor (2.2 < 4.0).
World Kinect Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 10.6). TrendMatrix value score: 8.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
10 analysts cover WKC with a consensus score of 2.3/5. Average price target: $29.
What does World Kinect Corporation do?World Kinect Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy management company in the United...
World Kinect Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy management company in the United States, rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in three segments: Aviation, Land, and Marine. The Aviation segment supplies jet fuel, sustainable aviation fuel, aviation gasoline, and aviation fuel to commercial and international airlines, regional airlines, cargo carriers, airports, fixed-based operators, corporate fleets, charter and fractional operators, the U.S. and foreign governments, and military customers. This segment also provides fuel management; ground handling; dispatch services; and trip support services, such as flight planning and scheduling. The Land segment engages in the sale of liquid fuels, natural gas, and related products and services to commercial, industrial, residential, and government customers; and the transportation, manufacturing, mining, and construction industries, as well as retail fuel outlets under long-term contracts. The Marine segment markets fuel, lubricants, and related products and services to international container, dry bulk and tanker fleets, commercial cruise lines, yachts and time charter operators, the U.S. and foreign governments, and other fuel suppliers. This segment also provides marine fuel-related services, such as management services for the procurement of fuel, cost control, quality control, and claims management, as well as engages in the fueling of vessels in ports and at sea, and transportation and delivery of fuel and fuel-related products. The company was formerly known as World Fuel Services Corporation and changed its name to World Kinect Corporation in June 2023. World Kinect Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.