Kansas City Southern Stock Price, News & 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, 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) announced its earnings results 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 had revenue of $747.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $734.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 13.03% and a net margin of 20.23%. Kansas City Southern's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $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.

16 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $98.03 to $170.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $146.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 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 stories about KSU stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,910,000 shares, a decline of 12.1% from the August 30th total of 3,310,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 821,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's shares 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.31%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.26%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.22%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.16%). 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 State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE and IMS Capital Management. 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 Alaska Department of Revenue, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, AMI Asset Management Corp, Clarus Wealth Advisors, XR Securities LLC and Envestnet Asset Management 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 $145.85.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $14.57 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]