Kansas City Southern Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:KSU)

Kansas City Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KSU."

Kansas City Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is an increase from Kansas City Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 18th. The transportation company reported $1.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.79 by $0.15. The transportation company earned $747.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $734.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 13.03% and a net margin of 20.23%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.57 EPS. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

17 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $170.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $141.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

News articles about KSU stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,670,000 shares, a decrease of 8.2% from the September 15th total of 2,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 861,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Kansas City Southern's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kansas City Southern include CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

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Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (10.02%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.57%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.32%), State of Tennessee Treasury Department (0.32%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.31%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Brian D Hancock, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Patrick J Ottensmeyer, Robert J Druten, Suzanne M Grafton and Warren K Erdman. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Klingenstein Fields & Co. LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Unigestion Holding SA, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc., Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Adam J Godderz, Brian D Hancock, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Patrick J Ottensmeyer, Robert J Druten, Suzanne M Grafton and Warren K Erdman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Columbus Circle Investors, British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kansas City Southern.

Shares of KSU 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KSU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.54.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $15.22 billion and generates $2.71 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $627.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.97 on an earnings per share basis. Kansas City Southern employs 7,200 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kansas City Southern.

The official website for Kansas City Southern is http://www.kcsouthern.com/.

Kansas City Southern's mailing address is 427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO, 64121. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 816-983-1303 or via email at [email protected]