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 Thursday, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, April 8th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. View Kansas City Southern's Dividend History.

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) posted its earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The transportation company reported $1.82 earnings per share 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 13.69%. The business's revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.56 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Kansas City Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $127.00 to $193.00. On average, they anticipate Kansas City Southern's stock price to reach $164.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. 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 9 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kansas City Southern.

Media stories about KSU stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kansas City Southern earned a daily sentiment score of -4.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kansas City Southern.

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Kansas City Southern's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.23%), Boston Partners (5.04%), State Street Corp (4.71%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%), Bessemer Group Inc. (1.23%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (1.21%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Boston Partners, Scopus Asset Management L.P., 3G Capital Partners LP, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS and SG Americas Securities 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, State Street Corp, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Castleark Management 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 $152.34.

Kansas City Southern has a market capitalization of $14.65 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 7,040 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]