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

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, November 12th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. This is an increase from Kansas City Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.01. The transportation company earned $729.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $730.99 million. Kansas City Southern had a net margin of 18.80% and a return on equity of 13.41%. Kansas City Southern's revenue was up 5.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.56 earnings per share. View Kansas City Southern's Earnings History.

Kansas City Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kansas City Southern.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $193.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's share price to reach $164.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kansas City Southern.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kansas City Southern in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 9 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 articles about KSU stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news 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 media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage 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 company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

Kansas City Southern saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,740,000 shares, a decline of 26.4% from the December 15th total of 5,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 3.8% 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.28%), AMI Asset Management Corp (0.26%), Columbus Circle Investors (0.22%), Strs Ohio (0.21%), PGGM Investments (0.14%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%). Company insiders that own Kansas City Southern stock include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Henry J Maier, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Lu M Cordova, 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 PGGM Investments, Scout Investments Inc., Strs Ohio, Whitehelm Capital Pty Ltd, AMI Asset Management Corp, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Kansas City Southern company stock in the last year include Adam J Godderz, Antonio O Garza, Brian D Hancock, Delano Jose Guillermo Zozaya, Jeffrey M Songer, Lora S Cheatum, Lu M Cordova, Michael J Naatz, Michael W Upchurch, 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 Columbus Circle Investors, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., GPM Growth Investors Inc., Covenant Asset Management LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $166.58.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $16.51 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 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]