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 announced 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 1.08%. The ex-dividend date 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, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.04. The transportation company had revenue of $714 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $704.55 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 20.35% and a return on equity of 12.45%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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.

Kansas City Southern will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 18th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $98.03 to $144.00. On average, they expect Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $129.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.0%. 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.

News stories about KSU stock have been trending negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,910,000 shares, a decrease of 12.1% from the August 30th total of 3,310,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 821,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 BlackRock (BLK), CA (CA), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Centene (CNC), Union Pacific (UNP) and Visa (V).

Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.31%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE (0.04%), Tower View Investment Management & Research LLC (0.02%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE, IMS Capital Management, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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, Clarus Wealth Advisors, XR Securities LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, North Star Investment Management Corp., Cerebellum GP LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. 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 $133.50.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $13.34 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]