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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 6th. 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 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.57 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices 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 7.5%. 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.

Media coverage about KSU stock has been trending very negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock'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 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 trading volume of 861,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the stock 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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kansas City Southern investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Boeing (BA), Micron Technology (MU), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Allergan (AGN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Centene (CNC) and Union Pacific (UNP).

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by a variety of 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 purchased 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 $153.18.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $15.18 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]