Kirkland’s Inc. (KIRK) had a good day on the market for Tuesday December 10 as shares jumped 9.01% to close at $1.09. About 914,788 shares traded hands on 3,458 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 13.9 million. After opening the trading day at $1.02, shares of Kirkland’s Inc. stayed within a range of $1.09 to $1.00.
With today’s gains, Kirkland’s Inc. now has a market cap of $15.15 million. Shares of Kirkland’s Inc. have been trading within a range of $11.78 and $0.92 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $n/a and a 200-day SMA of $n/a.
Kirkland’s Inc is a specialty retailer of home decor and gifts in the United States. Its stores provide various merchandise, including holiday decor, framed arts, furniture, ornamental wall decor, fragrance and accessories, mirrors, lamps, decorative accessories, textiles, housewares, gifts, artificial floral products, frames, clocks, and outdoor living items. Its stores also offer an assortment of holiday merchandise in seasonal periods, as well as items that are suitable for gift-giving.
Kirkland’s Inc. is based out of Brentwood, TN and has some 7,300 employees. Its CEO is Steven C. Woodward.
Kirkland’s Inc. is also a component of the Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 is one of the leading indices tracking small-cap companies in the United States. It’s maintained by Russell Investments, an industry leader in creating and maintaining indices, and consists of the smallest 2000 stocks from the broader Russell 3000 index.
Russell’s indices differ from traditional indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or S&P 500, whose members are selected by committee, because they base membership entirely on an objective, rules based methodology. The 3,000 largest companies by market cap make up the Russell 3000, with the 2,000 smaller companies making up the Russell 2000. It’s a simple approach that gives a broad, unbiased look at the small-cap market as a whole.