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Kansas City Southern (KSU) President & COO David L Starling buys 10,000 Shares

February 03, 2010 | About:
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President & COO of Kansas City Southern (KSU) David L Starling buys 10,000 shares of KSU on 02/02/2010 at an average price of $30.85 a share.

Kansas City Southern has a market cap of $2.96 billion; its shares were traded at around $30.79 with a P/E ratio of 48.9 and P/S ratio of 2. Kansas City Southern had an annual average earning growth of 47.7% over the past 5 years.

KSU is in the portfolios of John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Irving Kahn of Kahn Brothers & Company Inc., Bruce Kovner of Caxton Associates, Chuck Royce of ROYCE & ASSOCIATES, Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of KSU. For the complete insider trading history of KSU, click here.




Directors and Officers Recent Trades:


  • Buy:: Director Henry R Davis bought 88,000 shares of KSU stock on 08/12/2009 at the average price of 22.88, the price of the stock has increased by 34.57% since.

  • Sell:: Executive Vice President Warren K Erdman sold 49,028 shares of KSU stock on 11/04/2009 at the average price of 26.58, the price of the stock has increased by 15.84% since.


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