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

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

Kansas City Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 21st. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, July 3rd. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 7th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

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

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.10. The transportation company had revenue of $674.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $669.08 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 21.30% and a return on equity of 12.40%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their predictions range from $98.03 to $142.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $126.5408 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

Media stories about KSU stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a daily sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Some companies that are related to Kansas City Southern include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR), Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH) and CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY).

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Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.77%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (4.16%), Boston Partners (2.50%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.41%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.19%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lu M Cordova, Mary K Stadler, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Patrick J Ottensmeyer and Suzanne M Grafton. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, Morgan Stanley, Strs Ohio, Klingenstein Fields & Co. LLC, BlackRock Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Brian D Hancock, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Patrick J Ottensmeyer and Suzanne M Grafton. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kansas City Southern.

KSU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Lazard Asset Management LLC, MARSHALL WACE ASIA Ltd, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Geode Capital Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. 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 $116.91.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $11.76 billion and generates $2.71 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $627.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.97 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]