kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks was upgraded by zacks from an &ldquounderperform&rdquo rating to a &ldquoneutral&rdquo rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on monday. the firm currently has a 30.70 target price on the stock. zacks&lsquos price target would suggest a potential upside of 2.81 from the company&rsquos current price.in other kapstone paper and packaging corp. news, cfo andrea k. tarbox sold 25,000 shares of the company&rsquos stock in a transaction dated tuesday, december 9th. the stock was sold at an average price of 30.00, for a total transaction of 750,000.00. the transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the sec, which is available at this link.a number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on ks. analysts at vertical research downgraded shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. to a &ldquohold&rdquo rating in a research note on friday, december 12th. separately, analysts at dundee securities initiated coverage on shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. in a research note on monday, october 20th. they set a &ldquobuy&rdquo rating and a 31.50 price target on the stock. finally, analysts at barclays reiterated an &ldquooverweight&rdquo rating on shares of kapstone paper and packaging corp. in a research note on monday, october 13th. they now have a 35.00 price target on the stock, down previously from 37.00. four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. the stock currently has a consensus rating of &ldquobuy&rdquo and a consensus price target of 33.20.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks opened at 29.86 on monday. kapstone paper and packaging corp. has a 52 week low of 23.55 and a 52 week high of 34.43. the stock has a 50day moving average of 30.16 and a 200day moving average of 29.98. the company has a market cap of 2.867 billion and a pricetoearnings ratio of 16.10.kapstone paper and packaging corp. nyseks last posted its quarterly earnings results on thursday, october 30th. the company reported 0.60 earnings per share eps for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of 0.67 by 0.07. the company had revenue of 598.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of 604.20 million. during the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted 0.52 earnings per share. the company&rsquos revenue for the quarter was up 11.0 on a yearoveryear basis. analysts expect that kapstone paper and packaging corp. will post 2.03 eps for the current fiscal year.the company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for monday, january 12th. shareholders of record on tuesday, december 30th will be given a dividend of 0.10 per share. this represents a 0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34. the exdividend date of this dividend is friday, december 26th.kapstone paper and packaging corporation nyseks is an integrated manufacture and sale of unbleached kraft paper and corrugated products for industrial and consumer markets.to get a free copy of the research report on kapstone paper and packaging corp. ks, click here. for more information about research offerings from zacks investment research, visit zacks.comreceive news & ratings for kapstone paper and packaging corp. daily enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts&39 ratings for kapstone paper and packaging corp. and related companies with analyst ratings network&39s free daily email newsletter. 
