Kansas City Southern is part of the transportation and logistics industry and industrials sector. The company CEO is Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. Kansas City Southern is engaged in the development of roadways and railways. The company is focused on growing the north/south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the United States.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The KSU stock showed a previous change of -0.03% with an open at 121.76 and a close of 120.85. It reached an intraday high of 122.29 and a low of 120.42.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $12.2b with 100.6m shares outstanding, of which the float is 98.7m shares. Trading volume reached 868,652 shares compared to its average volume of 964,188 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Kansas City Southern shares returned -0.47% and in the past 30 trading days it returned 2.09%. Over three months, it changed 8.73%. In one year it has changed 9.28% and within that year its 52-week high was 125.92 and its 52-week low was 90.55. KSU stock is 33.46% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 109.72 and a 50 day moving average of 119.45. Currently KSU stock is trading 10.14% above its 200 day moving average.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 6.13 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 19.71. Based on 6 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 1.47. The TTM EPS is 5.97, which comes to a TTM PE of 20.24. Historically, the PE high was 39.80 and the PE low was 9.90. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 59.11, which is a decrease of -51.09%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | 1.02 |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | 1.59 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.70 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | 1.45 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | 1.40 |
The dividend per share is currently 1.44, which is a dividend yield of 1.19%. Also, the payout ratio is 24.12%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 97.39, which means it may be overvalued by -24.10%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 1,717,059, which was 1.71% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 1.63. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 0.87.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 12.42%, return on assets is 6.24%, profit margin is 22.40%, price-to-sales is 4.63 and price-to-book is 2.52.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
0 :Valuation Score
1 :Past Performance Score
3 :Financial Strength Score
1 :Future Growth Score
2 :Dividend Score
1 :Overall Score
