Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc decreased its stake in Kansas City Southern (KSU) by 51.01% based on its latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc sold 79,978 shares as the company’s stock rose 7.45% with the market. The institutional investor held 76,805 shares of the railroads company at the end of 2018Q4, valued at $7.33M, down from 156,783 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc who had been investing in Kansas City Southern for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $12.58 billion market cap company. The stock increased 1.81% or $2.22 during the last trading session, reaching $125.03. About 2.45 million shares traded or 99.57% up from the average. Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has risen 6.20% since April 18, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 1.83% the S&P500. Some Historical KSU News: 02/05/2018 – Kansas City Southern at Roadshow Hosted By Loop Capital Markets; 01/05/2018 – Kansas City Southern Recognized by CIO as One of the CIO 100 Award Winners; 30/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern at Bank of America Conference May 15; 08/03/2018 – Kansas City Southern: Final Resolution Dismisses Preliminary Report Issued by Investigating Authority of COFECE; 25/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern Re-Launches Intermodal Service between New Orleans and Dallas; 30/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern and CloudMoyo Partner to Modernize Railroad Operating System; 24/05/2018 – KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN ANNOUNCES PROMOTION OF GINGER L. ADAMIAK TO VICE PRESIDENT ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL INNOVATION; 25/04/2018 – KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN – ANNOUNCED NEW WEEKLY INTERMODAL SERVICE BETWEEN PORT OF NEW ORLEANS AND WYLIE, TEXAS, BEGINNING IN MAY 2018; 06/03/2018 – DOT STB: Case Title: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY–TERMINAL TRACKAGE RIGHTS–KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND UNION PACIFIC; 20/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern 1Q Adj EPS $1.30

Goelzer Investment Management Inc decreased its stake in Oracle Corp (ORCL) by 6.73% based on its latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Goelzer Investment Management Inc sold 9,339 shares as the company’s stock rose 7.99% with the market. The institutional investor held 129,384 shares of the prepackaged software company at the end of 2018Q4, valued at $5.84 million, down from 138,723 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Goelzer Investment Management Inc who had been investing in Oracle Corp for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $186.33B market cap company. The stock increased 0.07% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $54.52. About 6.70 million shares traded. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) has risen 4.69% since April 18, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 0.32% the S&P500. Some Historical ORCL News: 15/05/2018 – Australia probes claim Google harvests data, consumers pay; 14/05/2018 – Oracle: Oracle grew the fastest out of the top 10 #PaaS vendors in CY2016 as well as CY2017. Source: @IDC Public Cloud Serv…; 18/05/2018 – Document Management Software 2018: Global Procurement Market Intelligence Report – Top Five Players are Adobe, OpenText, Dropbox, HP, and Oracle – ResearchAndMarkets.com; 06/04/2018 – Oracle Comments on Terix Criminal Sentences; 21/03/2018 – ORACLE – CONTRACT ALSO EXTENDS TO THE WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION; 14/05/2018 – Heineken Urban Polo Uses Oracle Cloud to Inject AI into the Sport of Kings; 10/04/2018 – KILL Tipalti Announces Multi-Entity and PO Matching Integration with NetSuite; 03/04/2018 – Bluecore Hires Two Former BlueKai/Oracle Leaders; Sets Its Sights on Retail Data; 23/04/2018 – Bronto Makes Product Recommendations Personal Across Channels; 06/03/2018 – Rimini Street: Favorable Appeal Decision Should Result in Refund of Nearly $50M From Oracle

Analysts await Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) to report earnings on April, 19. They expect $1.50 earnings per share, up 15.38% or $0.20 from last year’s $1.3 per share. KSU’s profit will be $150.88M for 20.84 P/E if the $1.50 EPS becomes a reality. After $1.56 actual earnings per share reported by Kansas City Southern for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -3.85% negative EPS growth.

Wafra Investment Advisory Group Inc, which manages about $7.55B and $2.55B US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) by 123,704 shares to 337,461 shares, valued at $15.72M in 2018Q4, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) by 34,724 shares in the quarter, for a total of 82,175 shares, and has risen its stake in Vanguard Developed Markets Etf (VEA).

Since October 26, 2018, it had 1 insider purchase, and 0 selling transactions for $102,680 activity.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.79 in 2018 Q4. Its down 0.29, from 1.08 in 2018Q3. It fall, as 69 investors sold KSU shares while 168 reduced holdings. 54 funds opened positions while 134 raised stakes. 86.05 million shares or 1.89% more from 84.45 million shares in 2018Q3 were reported. State Of Wisconsin Investment Board has invested 0.06% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Swiss State Bank invested 0.04% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Mitsubishi Ufj Tru And Banking Corporation reported 78,822 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. Whittier Commerce reported 70 shares. Moreover, San Francisco Sentry Invest Group Inc (Ca) has 0% invested in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) for 71 shares. Charles Schwab Inv Management Inc holds 0.03% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) for 417,238 shares. State Of Alaska Department Of Revenue holds 0.05% or 29,602 shares. Korea owns 1,241 shares. Hudock Cap Group Limited Liability accumulated 22 shares. Nomura Asset Mngmt Ltd holds 0.11% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) or 105,928 shares. Wesbanco Bankshares reported 0.27% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Canada Pension Plan Board reported 0% stake. 193,197 are held by Mariner Ltd. Creative Planning reported 13,478 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. M&T Bank & Trust invested 0% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU).

More notable recent Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “Kansas City Southern – I’m Not Buying The 2019 Outlook – Seeking Alpha” on January 21, 2019, also with their article: “Earnings Scheduled For April 17, 2019 – Benzinga” published on April 17, 2019, published: “Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (NYSE:CP) – Will rail freight service benefit from better technology? – Benzinga” on March 29, 2019. More interesting news about Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) were released by: Fool.com and their article: “3 Stocks Warren Buffett Would Love – The Motley Fool” published on March 22, 2019 as well as ‘s news article titled: “7 Biggest Price Target Changes For Thursday – Benzinga” with publication date: April 18, 2019.

Goelzer Investment Management Inc, which manages about $1.05B and $780.89 million US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Keycorp New (NYSE:KEY) by 129,842 shares to 651,134 shares, valued at $9.62M in 2018Q4, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Enbridge Inc (NYSE:ENB) by 64,635 shares in the quarter, for a total of 352,862 shares, and has risen its stake in American Intl Group Inc (NYSE:AIG).