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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 21st. Investors of record on Monday, June 11th will be given 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 1.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 8th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 16th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $800,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 7.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) released its earnings results on Friday, April, 20th. The transportation company reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $638.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $105.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $119.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% 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).

Media coverage about KSU stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 46.38 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different 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., Bank of Montreal Can, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Atria Investments LLC, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. 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 $106.55.

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]