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

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, 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 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from Kansas City Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 18th. The transportation company reported $1.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.79 by $0.15. The transportation company had revenue of $747.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $734.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 20.23% and a return on equity of 13.03%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $170.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $146.63 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.1%. 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 6 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.

News stories about KSU stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a coverage optimism score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,740,000 shares, a decline of 26.4% from the December 15th total of 5,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 3.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.28%), PGGM Investments (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.03%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.03%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, 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 PGGM Investments, Scout Investments Inc., LGT Capital Partners LTD., Tower View Investment Management & Research LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., We Are One Seven LLC and Coastline Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, 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 Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., Perigon Wealth Management LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Allred Capital Management LLC. 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 $166.76.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $16.53 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]