NYSE:KSU - Kansas City Southern Stock Price, News & Analysis

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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) posted its earnings results on Friday, July, 19th. The transportation company reported $1.64 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.04. The transportation company had revenue of $714 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $704.55 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 12.45% and a net margin of 20.35%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.54 earnings per share. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $98.03 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $129.6177 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

Headlines about KSU stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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 increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,499,600 shares, an increase of 51.0% from the July 31st total of 1,655,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 934,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 2.5% 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 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), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Centene (CNC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Allergan (AGN), Walt Disney (DIS) and Union Pacific (UNP).

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.61%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), Boston Partners (5.01%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.59%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.49%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Brian D Hancock, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lu M Cordova, Mary K Stadler, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, 3G Capital Partners LP, Unigestion Holding SA, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Packer & Co Ltd, AMI Asset Management Corp, Man Group plc, Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc. and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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 $132.88.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $13.28 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]