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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 13th. Shareholders 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 1.17%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 19th. The transportation company reported $1.64 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 company'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 company earned $1.54 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $98.03 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $129.6177 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.2% from the stock's current price. 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 positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,655,600 shares, a drop of 9.0% from the June 30th total of 1,819,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 953,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.7% 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 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.61%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.59%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.13%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lu M Cordova, Mary K Stadler, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Patrick J Ottensmeyer, Robert J Druten and Suzanne M Grafton. 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 and Suzanne M Grafton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Packer & Co Ltd, AMI Asset Management Corp, Man Group plc, Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KSU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $123.20.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $12.31 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]