NYSE:KSU - Kansas City Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, November 12th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. This is a positive change from Kansas City Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $729.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $730.99 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 13.41% and a net margin of 18.80%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.56 EPS. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

18 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $193.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $164.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

Press coverage about KSU stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,740,000 shares, a decline of 26.4% from the December 31st total of 5,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 3.8% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.28%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.26%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.22%), Strs Ohio (0.21%), PGGM Investments (0.14%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Scout Investments Inc., Strs Ohio, Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd, AMI Asset Management Corp, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbus Circle Investors, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., GPM Growth Investors Inc., Covenant Asset Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $166.58.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $16.51 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 7,200 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]