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. Stockholders 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 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) issued its earnings results on Friday, October, 18th. The transportation company reported $1.94 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.79 by $0.15. The transportation company earned $747.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $734.39 million. Kansas City Southern had a return on equity of 13.06% and a net margin of 20.23%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.57 EPS. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

16 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Kansas City Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $98.03 to $170.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $143.34 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 11 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

News coverage about KSU stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,910,000 shares, a drop of 12.1% from the August 30th total of 3,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 821,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the company 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.31%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.23%), Strs Ohio (0.22%), CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.16%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.12%) and Cohen Klingenstein LLC (0.10%). 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 Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE, IMS Capital Management, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Clarus Wealth Advisors, XR Securities LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp. 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 $145.06.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $14.49 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]