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

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, August 13th. Investors of record on Monday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 19th. The transportation company reported $1.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.04. The transportation company earned $714 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $704.55 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 12.45% and a net margin of 20.35%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.54 earnings per share. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $98.03 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $129.6177 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 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.

Press coverage about KSU stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,499,600 shares, an increase of 51.0% from the July 31st total of 1,655,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 934,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 2.5% 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 Norfolk Southern (NSC), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kansas City Southern investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Centene (CNC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Allergan (AGN), Walt Disney (DIS) and Union Pacific (UNP).

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.61%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), BlackRock Inc. (6.87%), Boston Partners (5.01%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.59%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.49%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Brian D Hancock, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lu M Cordova, Mary K Stadler, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, 3G Capital Partners LP, Unigestion Holding SA, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Adam J Godderz, Brian D Hancock, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Packer & Co Ltd, AMI Asset Management Corp, Man Group plc, Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc. and Vanguard Group Inc.. 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 $132.04.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $13.19 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]