NYSE:DST - DST Systems Stock Price, News, & Analysis

DST Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DST."

DST Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, December 8th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 21st. View DST Systems' Dividend History.

DST Systems's stock split before market open on Friday, June 9th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Tuesday, May 9th 2017. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, June 8th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of DST Systems stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

DST Systems announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

DST Systems (NYSE:DST) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The technology company reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The technology company had revenue of $526.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $545.57 million. DST Systems had a net margin of 20.35% and a return on equity of 16.90%. The business's revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.70 earnings per share. View DST Systems' Earnings History.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for DST Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect DST Systems' share price to reach $68.3333 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for DST Systems.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for DST Systems in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for DST Systems.

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News headlines about DST stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. DST Systems earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the technology company an impact score of 46.06 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for DST Systems.

DST Systems' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alps Advisors Inc. (0.02%), Alps Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and Alps Advisors Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own DST Systems stock include Gregg Wm Givens, Jonathan J Boehm, Lowell L Bryan, Stephen C Hooley and Vercie L Lark. View Institutional Ownership Trends for DST Systems.

DST stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alps Advisors Inc., Alps Advisors Inc. and Alps Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for DST Systems.

Shares of DST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.99.

DST Systems has a market capitalization of $4.98 billion and generates $2.22 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $451.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.36 on an earnings per share basis. DST Systems employs 14,200 workers across the globe.

DST Systems' mailing address is 333 WEST 11TH STREET 5TH FL, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105. The technology company can be reached via phone at 816-435-1000 or via email at [email protected]