Korea New (KF) closed at $54.47 on October 23, 2026, up 1.6% from the previous close, on volume of 3,174 shares (30-day average 22,107).
Data as of October 23, 2026.
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Korea New trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol KF.
As of October 23, 2026, KF stock price climbed to $54.47 with 3,174 million shares trading.
KF has a beta of 2.40, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. KF has a correlation of 0.32 to the broad based SPY ETF.
KF has a market cap of $226.51 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, KF traded as high as $81.94 and as low as $18.15.
KF has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +65.7%, while the SPY ETF gained +14.3%. However, in the most recent history, KF shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning -13.0% in the last 3 month period and -14.6% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +3.2% and -2.4%, respectively.
KF support price is $51.89 and resistance is $55.31 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that KF shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
