AK Steel stock price down again

The stock of West Chester Twp.-based AK Steel hit its lowest price in a year Sept. 21 at $7.58.

The price per share has declined several times since that to a low Tuesday of $5.51, according to numbers pulled from the New York Stock Exchange, which lists AK Steel.

A dropping stock price lowers net worth of stockholders and increases the cost for the company to raise capital, according to Steve Wyatt, chairman of Miami University’s finance department.

AK Steel doesn’t discuss its stock prices. It is Butler County’s third largest and Middletown’s largest employer, according to Butler County Department of Development and company figures.