Kansas City Southern Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Kansas City Southern stock.
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Kansas City Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,600,000 shares, an increase of 92.6% from the March 31st total of 1,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 16th 2021.
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Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 15th. The transportation company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.96 by $0.05. The transportation company had revenue of $706 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $712.07 million. Kansas City Southern had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.91% and a net margin of 21.68%. The business's revenue was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.58 EPS.
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Kansas City Southern's stock was trading at $129.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KSU shares have increased by 127.9% and is now trading at $294.55.
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Kansas City Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.54 per share on Wednesday, April 7th. This represents a $2.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 5th. This is a boost from Kansas City Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.44.
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Kansas City Southern pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.73%. Kansas City Southern does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Kansas City Southern is 31.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Kansas City Southern will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.68% next year. This indicates that Kansas City Southern will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kansas City Southern updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of 9.000- for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $8.930. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

14 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $162.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $237.07 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.5%.
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23 employees have rated Kansas City Southern CEO David L. Starling on Glassdoor.com. David L. Starling has an approval rating of 61% among Kansas City Southern's employees. This puts David L. Starling in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Kansas City Southern include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Central Japan Railway (CJPRY) and Guangshen Railway (GSHHY).
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scharf Investments LLC (0.63%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.43%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.37%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.29%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.26%) and Strs Ohio (0.23%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto Del, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, Robert J Druten, Suzanne M Grafton and Warren K Erdman.
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KSU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., and Great Lakes Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Brian D Hancock, Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto Del, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Michael J Naatz, and Suzanne M Grafton.
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KSU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Picton Mahoney Asset Management, Harvest Management LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Schwab Charitable Fund, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Busey Wealth Management, and PGGM Investments.
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Shares of KSU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KSU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $294.55.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $26.78 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 6,522 workers across the globe.

Kansas City Southern was founded in 1887.

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

Kansas City Southern is headquartered at 427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO, 64105.

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]