NYSE:KSUKansas City Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kansas City Southern's stock was trading at $129.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KSU stock has increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $147.18. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 17th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 17th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.18. The transportation company had revenue of $731.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $716.19 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 20.11% and a return on equity of 14.63%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.54 EPS. View Kansas City Southern's earnings history.

Kansas City Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Investors of record on Monday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, July 8th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 5th. View Kansas City Southern's dividend history.

21 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $154.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kansas City Southern.

Media coverage about KSU stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,130,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the May 31st total of 2,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Kansas City Southern's Current Options Chain.

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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). 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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $147.18.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $13.99 billion and generates $2.87 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $538.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.90 on an earnings per share basis. Kansas City Southern employs 7,040 workers across the globe.

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

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]