Samuel Prince

NSC’s Intermodal segment’s revenues rose 10% to $593.0 million from $538.0 million in 2Q16.

GE’s Healthcare segment remained a top performer in 2Q17. Revenue-wise, this segment remained the third-largest contributor to GE’s total operating revenue of $28.0 billion.

In the week ended July 8, 2017, Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a marginal loss in its total intermodal volumes (containers and trailers).

In this article, we’ll take a look at Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) overall traffic. The company’s overall freight traffic also consists of its intermodal volumes.

Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) total intermodal traffic in terms of containers and trailers rose 10.6% in the week ended June 24, 2017.

In week 24 of 2017, Kansas City Southern (KSU) saw its overall intermodal volumes rise 10.6%, unlike in the previous two weeks.

General Electric’s (GE) dividend CAGR (compound annual growth rate) for the last seven years was ~7%.

Canadian National Railway moved more than 50,100 containers in the 19th week of 2017, compared to the nearly 40,900 containers it moved in the corresponding week of 2016.

In the week ended May 6, 2017, Kansas City Southern reported a year-over-year fall of 9.1% in its overall intermodal traffic.

Canadian National Railway moved more than 48,400 containers in the 18th week of 2017, compared with nearly 42,300 containers in the corresponding week of 2016.

Kansas City Southern’s intermodal traffic In the past few weeks, Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern), the smallest Class I railroad company in the United States, has seen its intermodal traffic slow. In the week ended April 29, 2017, Kansas City Southern reported a YoY (year-over-year) fall of 6.1% in its overall intermodal traffic. Kansas City […]

Norfolk Southern’s intermodal traffic Norfolk Southern’s (NSC) total intermodal traffic rose 6.5% in the week ended April 29, 2017. Its volumes reached ~78,000 containers. Norfolk’s container traffic rose 5.6%, and its trailer traffic rose 15.6% YoY (year-over-year) to nearly 6,900 units, compared with 5,900 units in the week ended April 30, 2016. Since the beginning of […]

Canadian National Railway’s intermodal volumes In the 17th week of 2017, Canadian National Railway’s (CNI) overall intermodal volumes rose 9.4%. There was no trailer movement in the week. The company moved more than 47,000 containers in the 17th week of 2017, compared with more than 43,000 containers in the corresponding week of 2016. The rise […]

In the past few weeks, Kansas City Southern (KSU), the smallest Class I railroad company in the United States, has seen its intermodal traffic slow.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a 120-basis-point rise in its 1Q17 operating margin. KSU recorded 34.6% operating margin in 1Q17, compared to a 33.4% in 1Q16.

In this article, we’ll examine Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) Energy freight revenue in 1Q17. In the quarter, KSU’s Energy freight revenue was $69.0 million.

Genesee & Wyoming’s (GWR) European carloads rose to 9.0% YoY (year-over-year) in March 2017.

In this article, we’ll review analysts’ recommendations for General Electric (GE) ahead of its 1Q17 earnings release on April 21, 2017. Wall Street analysts seem to be divided over GE.

For a long time, General Electric (GE) has remained a decent dividend distributor in the S&P 500 space. The company raised its dividend per share by $0.01 to $0.24 in January 2017.

Analysts expect General Electric (GE) to achieve revenue of $26.4 billion in 1Q17. On a year-over-year (or YoY) basis, this represents a fall of 5.8%.

In the 12th week of 2017, BNSF Railway’s (BRK-B) overall intermodal traffic rose 17.6% YoY to more than 98,000 containers and trailers.

The FedEx Freight segment revenues rose 3.1% from $1.4 billion in 3Q16 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 3Q17.

The FedEx Ground segment’s revenues rose 6% from $4.4 billion in 3Q16 to $4.7 billion in fiscal 3Q17.

Norfolk Southern’s (NSC) total intermodal traffic rose 2.7% in the week ended March 4, 2017.

General Electric’s (GE) projected benefit obligation (or PBO) calculation takes into account the average years of service, salary growth, and the discount rate.

Under a defined contribution plan, the employer contributes a fixed amount to the fund on behalf of the employee.

BNSF’s total railcars for the week ended February 25, 2017, rose 2.3% YoY to more than 92,000 units.

NSC’s total intermodal traffic rose 4.3% in the week ended February 25, 2017, reaching ~78,000 containers and trailers.

General Electric’s (GE) projected benefit obligation (or PBO) calculation takes into account the average years of service, the salary growth, and the discount rate.

After the financial crisis of 2008, many companies shifted toward defined contribution pension plans.

On November 14, industrial heavyweight General Electric acquired ServiceMax, a global provider of field service management software based in California.

ServiceMax’s complementary capabilities would help GE Digital develop and expedite the commercialization of its Predix applications.

In addition to the sale of its Financial Assets business, General Electric (GE) bid farewell to its Appliance business in July 2016.

In this article, we’ll go through the rationale behind GE’s planned acquisition of LM Wind Power. According to the GWEC, worldwide wind capacity is expected to nearly double in the next five years.

On October 11, 2016, General Electric (GE), an industrial behemoth, said that it was set to acquire LM Wind Power for $1.7 billion.

General Electric’s focus on 3D printing Earlier in this series, we looked at General Electric’s (GE) expected operating margins and profit in 3Q16. In this part, we’ll look at GE’s plans in the additive manufacturing space. On September 6, 2016, GE acquired two 3D printing companies, Arcam and SLM, for $1.4 billion in cash. General […]

General Electric’s Aviation segment General Electric’s (GE) Aviation segment is the second-largest contributor to the company’s overall revenues. This segment’s 22.5% operating margins in 1H16 were the largest among all eight segments reported under GE Industrial. Commercial aviation According to the International Air Transport Association (or IATA), global air traffic is expected to fall to […]

Analysts’ estimates Analysts estimate that General Electric’s 3Q16 revenues will total $30.0 billion, up by 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. Even though energy markets are acting as a deterrent to General Electric’s (GE) overall revenues, the favorable business environment in power, aviation, and healthcare will jack up the revenues. Analysts expect the next four quarters’ revenue to […]

FedEx’s (FDX) Freight segment revenues rose 4% from $1.6 billion in fiscal 1Q16 to ~$1.7 billion in fiscal 1Q17.

On May 25, 2016, FedEx (FDX) completed the 4.4 billion euro acquisition of the Netherlands-based TNT Express NV.

In this part of the series, we’ll take a look at what Wall Street analysts are saying about US truckload carriers and how they’re rating the stocks.

In the current weak freight regime, the extent of capital expenditure throws light on the growth prospects of these trucking carriers.

General Electric’s 2016 free cash flows are expected to remain at $8.2 billion. This is mainly due to free cash flows of -$6.0 billion generated in 1H16.

Landstar System (LSTR) and Heartland Express (HTLD) have higher available cash on their balance sheets than total debt.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a 3% decline in 2Q16 revenues to $568.5 million on a YoY (year-over-year) basis.

Kansas City Southern’s Energy segment Previously, we discussed the revenue of Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) Agriculture & Minerals segment in 2Q16. Now, we’ll examine KSU’s Energy freight revenues in 2Q16. In the reported quarter, KSU’s Energy freight revenues came in at $37.2 million, down by 16% from $44.2 million in the same period last year. […]

Among major truckload companies, in 1Q16, Werner Enterprises (WERN) declared the highest dividend growth, at $0.06 per share, which is a 20% YoY increase.

In July 2013, the FMCSA of the US Department of Transportation extended safety regulations regarding truckload drivers’ hours of service.

Among truckload companies, Landstar and Heartland have a lot of available cash compared to total debt. Swift and J.B. Hunt have high net debt-to-EBITDAs.

Following the United Kingdom’s decision to exit the European Union, XPO Logistic’s (XPO) stock fell 13.4% on June 24.