Kansas City Southern Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Kansas City Southern stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KSU, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Kansas City Southern saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,750,000 shares, a drop of 21.4% from the August 15th total of 3,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 932,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 15th 2021.
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Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 15th. The transportation company reported $2.06 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.15 by $0.09. The transportation company earned $749.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $749.06 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 4.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.17%. Kansas City Southern's revenue was up 36.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.16 EPS.
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Kansas City Southern's stock was trading at $129.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KSU shares have increased by 116.6% and is now trading at $279.87.
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Kansas City Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 13th will be given a dividend of $0.54 per share on Wednesday, October 6th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 10th.
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Kansas City Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.77%. The dividend payout ratio of Kansas City Southern is 31.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Kansas City Southern will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.55% next year. This indicates that Kansas City Southern will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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13 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $310.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $263.62 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
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23 employees have rated Kansas City Southern CEO David L. Starling on Glassdoor.com. David L. Starling has an approval rating of 61% among Kansas City Southern's employees. This puts David L. Starling in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Kansas City Southern include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Guangshen Railway (GSHHY) and Pioneer Railcorp (PRRR).
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Kansas City Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KSU."

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.42%), Jefferies Group LLC (0.00%), BlackRock Inc. (8.40%), State Street Corp (4.36%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.60%) and Parnassus Investments CA (2.08%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto Del, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Suzanne M Grafton and Warren K Erdman.
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KSU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Wells Fargo & Company MN, abrdn plc, Bessemer Group Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Brian D Hancock, Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto Del, Lora S Cheatum, and Michael J Naatz.
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KSU stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of Nova Scotia, Amundi, Westchester Capital Management LLC, Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Segantii Capital Management Ltd, and Balyasny Asset Management LLC.
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Shares of KSU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KSU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $279.87.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $25.46 billion and generates $2.63 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $617 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.96 on an earnings per share basis.

Kansas City Southern employs 6,522 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Kansas City Southern: Arrendadora KCSM S. de R.L. de C.V., Canama Transportation, Canama Transportation, Caymex Transportation Inc., Caymex Transportation Inc., Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México S.A. de C.V. (1), Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México S.A. de C.V. (1), Financiera Inspira S.A. de C.V. SOFOM E.N.R., Financiera Inspira S.A. de C.V. SOFOM E.N.R., Gateway Eastern Railway Company, Gateway Eastern Railway Company, Highstar Harbor Holdings Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Highstar Harbor Holdings Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Internacional Railway Support S.A. de C.V., Internacional Railway Support S.A. de C.V., Joplin Union Depot Co., Joplin Union Depot Co.(1), KCS Holdings I Inc., KCS Holdings I Inc., KCS Spectrum Inc., KCS Spectrum Inc., KCS Ventures I Inc., KCS Ventures I Inc., KCSM B.V., KCSM B.V., KCSM Holdings LLC, KCSM Holdings LLC, KCSM Servicios S.A. de C.V., KCSM Servicios S.A. de C.V., KCSRC y Compania S. de N.C. de C.V., KCSRC y Compania S. de N.C. de C.V., KSU Holdings LLC, KSU Holdings LLC, Kansas City Southern International Ventures S. de R.L. de C.V., Kansas City Southern International Ventures S. de R.L. de C.V., Kansas City Southern Mexico Holdings Inc., Kansas City Southern Mexico Holdings Inc., Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V., Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V., Kansas City Terminal Railway Company, Kansas City Terminal Railway Company (1), MTC Puerta Mexico Logistics S. de R.L. de C.V., MTC Puerta Mexico Logistics S. de R.L. de C.V., MTC Puerta Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., MTC Puerta Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., Meridian Speedway LLC, Meridian Speedway LLC, Mexrail Inc., Mexrail Inc., NAFTA Rail S. de R.L. de C.V., NAFTA Rail S. de R.L. de C.V., North American Freight Transportation Rail Company S. de R.L. de C.V., North American Freight Transportation Rail Company S. de R.L. de C.V., PTC-220 LLC, PTC-220 LLC (1), Pabtex Inc., Pabtex Inc., Panama Canal Railway Company, Panama Canal Railway Company (1), Panarail Tourism Company, Panarail Tourism Company (1), Servicios de Apoyo al Ferrocarril S. de R.L. de C.V., Servicios de Apoyo al Ferrocarril S. de R.L. de C.V., Soporte Logistico Ferroviaria S. de R.L. de C.V., Soporte Logistico Ferroviaria S. de R.L. de C.V., Southern Development Company, Southern Development Company, Southern Industrial Services Inc., Southern Industrial Services Inc., Stillwell RE Holdings LLC, Stillwell RE Holdings LLC, TFCM S. de R.L. de C.V., TFCM S. de R.L. de C.V. (1), The Kansas City Northern Railway Company, The Kansas City Northern Railway Company, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, The Texas Mexican Railway Company, The Texas Mexican Railway Company, Trans-Serve Inc. (d/b/a Superior Tie and Timber), Trans-Serve Inc. (d/b/a Superior Tie and Timber), TransFin Insurance Ltd., TransFin Insurance Ltd., Transportacion y Soluciones en Logistica Ferroviaria S. de R.L. de C.V., Transportacion y Soluciones en Logistica Ferroviaria S. de R.L. de C.V., Vamos a Mexico S.A. de C.V., Vamos a Mexico S.A. de C.V., Veals Inc., and Veals Inc..

Kansas City Southern was founded in 1887.

The official website for Kansas City Southern is www.kcsouthern.com.

Kansas City Southern is headquartered at 427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105.

Kansas City Southern's mailing address is 427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (816) 983-1303 or via email at [email protected]