KEY
Moving with the market
- KEY +0.63% on the last session vs SPY +0.12%: +0.5 pts of stock-specific move.
- Earnings Tue before the open: EPS $0.46 expected (14 analysts); it moved ±2.2% on average after its last 8 reports.
- The regional bank ETF (KRE) +1.1% (+1.0 pts vs SPY): the stock moved with its group.
- 1 analyst action in the past 10 days (0 positive, 1 negative); latest: UBS maintained Buy, lowered target $27.00 → $25.00.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Best and worst times to own KEY in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Nov 5, 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | +15.7% | #71 | Apr 2, 2025 | Apr 3, 2025 | -12.1% | #112 |
| one week | Oct 30, 2024 | Nov 6, 2024 | +14.2% | #235 | Apr 1, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -16.3% | #139 |
| one month | Nov 18, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | +23.2% | #234 | Mar 4, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -17.1% | #262 |
| 3 months | Apr 8, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | +41.5% | #167 | Jan 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -21.7% | #234 |
| 6 months | Apr 4, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | +41.0% | #219 | Oct 15, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -22.6% | #188 |
| one year | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2026 | +68.3% | #161 | Oct 15, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -22.6% | #198 |
Rank #235 for the best one week means 234 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
Best one single day Nov 5, 2024 → Nov 6, 2024 +15.7% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best one week Oct 30, 2024 → Nov 6, 2024 +14.2% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best one month Nov 18, 2025 → Dec 18, 2025 +23.2% · 0 events
None recorded.
Best 3 months Apr 8, 2025 → Jul 8, 2025 +41.5% · 1 event
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.01 (+3.1%) vs consensus · +1.4% reaction
Best 6 months Apr 4, 2025 → Oct 6, 2025 +41.0% · 2 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.01 (+3.1%) vs consensus · +1.4% reaction
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.01 (+2.9%) vs consensus · +2.4% reaction
Best one year Apr 8, 2025 → Apr 8, 2026 +68.3% · 6 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.01 (+3.1%) vs consensus · +1.4% reaction
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.01 (+2.9%) vs consensus · +2.4% reaction
- E Earnings beat 3Q2025 · EPS +$0.03 (+7.6%) vs consensus · -5.4% reaction
- A Analyst downgrade Baird: Neutral → Underperform
- E Earnings beat 4Q2025 · EPS +$0.02 (+6.3%) vs consensus · -0.4% reaction
- A Analyst upgrade Baird: Underperform → Neutral
Worst one single day Apr 2, 2025 → Apr 3, 2025 -12.1% · 0 events
None recorded.
Worst one week Apr 1, 2025 → Apr 8, 2025 -16.3% · 0 events
None recorded.
Worst one month Mar 4, 2025 → Apr 4, 2025 -17.1% · 1 event
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +0.4% on the day
Worst 3 months Jan 8, 2025 → Apr 8, 2025 -21.7% · 2 events
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.05 (+15.2%) vs consensus · -3.6% reaction
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +0.4% on the day
Worst 6 months Oct 15, 2024 → Apr 8, 2025 -22.6% · 4 events
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.69 (<−100%) vs consensus · -2.5% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.3x average volume, +1.7% on the day
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.05 (+15.2%) vs consensus · -3.6% reaction
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +0.4% on the day
Worst one year Oct 15, 2024 → Apr 8, 2025 -22.6% · 4 events
- E Earnings miss EPS −$0.69 (<−100%) vs consensus · -2.5% reaction
- V Volume spike 3.3x average volume, +1.7% on the day
- E Earnings beat EPS +$0.05 (+15.2%) vs consensus · -3.6% reaction
- V Volume spike 4.1x average volume, +0.4% on the day
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+0.6% | -0.9% | -8.2% | -14.6% | -5.9% | +16.9% |
| Best one single day Nov 5, 2024 |
+1.3% | -0.7% | +2.9% | +23.7% | +18.7% | +60.6% |
| Best one week Oct 30, 2024 |
+0.6% | +2.4% | +4.4% | +8.9% | +23.9% | +83.9% |
| Best one month Nov 18, 2025 |
+0.4% | -4.9% | +1.4% | -4.4% | +5.9% | -6.3% |
| Best 3 months Apr 8, 2025 |
-2.1% | -16.3% | -15.9% | -21.7% | -19.1% | -10.0% |
| Best 6 months Apr 4, 2025 |
-4.6% | -14.7% | -17.1% | -21.1% | -17.9% | -6.2% |
| Best one year Apr 8, 2025 |
-2.1% | -16.3% | -15.9% | -21.7% | -19.1% | -10.0% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.