NYSE:KSU - Kansas City Southern Stock Price, Price Target & More

Kansas City Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KSU."

Kansas City Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 21st. Investors of record on Monday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Thursday, July 5th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.33%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 16th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $800,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 7.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 20th. The transportation company reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $638.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $639.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 36.75% and a return on equity of 11.98%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.17 EPS. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

13 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $132.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $119.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Kansas City Southern include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), 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).

Headlines about KSU stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company an impact score of 47.74 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.55%), Westpac Banking Corp (0.25%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.19%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.15%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, David L Starling, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Mary K Stadler, Michael W Upchurch, Patrick J Ottensmeyer, Robert J Druten, Suzanne M Grafton and William J Wochner. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Hartford Investment Management Co., Bank of Montreal Can, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Atria Investments LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Jeffrey M Songer, Mary K Stadler, Michael W Upchurch 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 Boston Advisors LLC, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Westpac Banking Corp, DnB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, V Wealth Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Oakbrook Investments 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KSU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $108.45.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $10.74 billion and generates $2.58 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $962 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.25 on an earnings per share basis. Kansas City Southern employs 7,130 workers across the globe.

Kansas City Southern's mailing address is 427 W 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO, 64121. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 816-983-1303 or via email at [email protected]