Today it was reported that the President & CEO of Kansas City Southern (KSU), Patrick Ottensmeyer, exercised options to sell 13,800 KSU shares at $44.07 a share, for a total transaction value of $1.72M.
Following Patrick Ottensmeyer’s last KSU Sell transaction on December 10, 2015, the stock climbed by 54.0%. In addition to Patrick Ottensmeyer, one other KSU executive reported Sell trades in the last month.
See today’s analyst top recommended stocks >>
Based on Kansas City Southern’s latest earnings report for the quarter ending March 31, the company posted quarterly revenue of $675 million and quarterly net profit of $103 million. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $648 million and had a net profit of $145 million. KSU’s market cap is $12.62B and the company has a P/E ratio of 20.36. Currently, Kansas City Southern has an average volume of 1.11M.
Based on 10 analyst ratings, the analyst consensus is Moderate Buy with an average price target of $132.11, reflecting a 6.5% upside.
Company insider trades’ information is brought to you by the DailyInsider, a proprietary algorithm that analyzes insider trading activity to detect the most attractive trading opportunities. To subscribe to the DailyInsider visit this page.
TipRanks has tracked 36,000 company insiders and found that a few of them are better than others when it comes to timing their transactions. See which 3 stocks are most likely to make moves following their insider activities.
Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. It focuses on the growing north or south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The company also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network.
