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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program 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 reacquire up to 7.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board 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 had revenue of $638.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $639.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 11.98% and a net margin of 36.75%. The firm's revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $132.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $119.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% 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).

News headlines about KSU stock have trended positive on Tuesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a media sentiment score of 0.32 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the transportation company an impact score of 45.75 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.55%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.15%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), CENTRAL TRUST Co (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.03%). 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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, DnB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, V Wealth Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., IFM Investors Pty Ltd and CENTRAL TRUST Co. 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 $104.68.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $10.94 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]