Kansas City Southern Inc

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As of March 31, Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) had a net debt-to-forward-EBITDA multiple of 3.2x, which was much higher than the industry average of 2.1x.

Union Pacific had FCF of $3.02 billion in the first nine months of 2017, compared with $2.86 billion in the corresponding period of 2016.

Canadian National recorded a 1.4% fall in total railcars in the week ended August 6, 2016, hauling ~57,000 railcars, compared to ~57,000 units one year ago.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has always tried to enhance shareholders’ wealth through dividend payments and share repurchases.

In the fourth quarter 2017, Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported revenue of $660.4 million, exceeding analysts’ revenue estimates by 0.6%.

The eastern US rail freight carrier CSX (CSX) announced its 3Q17 earnings on October 17. The quarter marks the end of two full quarters under the leadership of Hunter Harrison.

The Association of American Railroads (or AAR) publishes North American rail freight (UNP) data every week.

Norfolk Southern (NSC), an Eastern US railroad, reported the highest intermodal revenue growth of 19% YoY among its peers in the first quarter.

Kansas City Southern (KSU), a US-Mexico railroad, is the smallest Class I railroad in the US.

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The decrease in the UK and European carloads in October was primarily due to the fall in coal and coke, mineral and stone, and intermodal carloads.

KSU’s trailer volumes fell 9.5% in week 23, whereas container traffic contracted by 2.4% in the same week.

Kansas City Southern reported a YoY (year-over-year) 4.4% rise in railcars in the week ended July 15, 2017.

Genesee & Wyoming’s (GWR) European carloads rose marginally 0.60% in November 2016. In the same period last year, GWR hauled 99,000 railcars.

In Week 41, Kansas City Southern (KSU) posted a 2.4% YoY (year-over-year) decline in carload traffic.

Genesee & Wyoming’s Australian carloads declined by 13.7% in July 2016, hauling more than 15,000 railcars, as compared to over 17,000 one year previously.

In the eighth week of 2017, BNSF’s overall intermodal traffic rose slightly by 0.8% YoY to ~100,000 containers and trailers.

Genesee & Wyoming’s (GWR) European carloads fell 9.1% YoY (year-over-year) in April 2017. GWR’s other-than-coal carloads fell 8.2% on a YoY basis in April 2017.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported a 7.2% rise in its overall intermodal volumes of containers and trailers in the week ended July 1, 2017.

Genesee & Wyoming’s (GWR) European carloads rose 11.2% YoY in January 2017.

Kansas City Southern (KSU) stock opened nearly 3% higher on Friday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results.

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Norfolk Southern (NSC) has been investors’ industry favorite since the beginning of 2019. The stock has risen 21.3% YTD.

CSX reported strong rail traffic volume growth in week 51. The company’s freight rail traffic increased 5.1% YoY to 130,542 units in week 51.

Free cash flow (or FCF) is an important metric in the railroad (FXR) industry.

On May 10, Western US rail freight giant Union Pacific (UNP) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.73 per share on its common stock.

KSU has the lowest PE ratio of 17.7x in the peer group, most likely due to the uncertainty of the NAFTA renegotiations.

In 4Q17, Kansas City Southern (KSU) reported an improvement of 80 basis points in its operating margin, which rose to 36% from 35.2% in 4Q16.

Rail giant CSX (CSX) reported double-digit carload traffic loss in the 52nd week of 2017. The company’s carload traffic slumped 15.7% that week.

In the 44th week of 2017, total rail freight traffic in the United States recorded a ~0.9% fall. Overall volumes, including intermodal, decreased to ~539,000 units.

Kansas City Southern’s network Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) US subsidiary caters to ten US states in the Midwest and Southeast. It also runs a rail route between Kansas City, Missouri, and multiple ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. Among the major US Class I railroads, Kansas City remains hugely […]

Kansas City Southern (KSU), the smallest Class I railroad, reported a marginal volume gain in the week ended August 26, 2017.

Kansas City Southern hauled ~26,000 railcars in the same week compared with close to 25,000 units in the week ended August 20, 2016.

Kansas City Southern (KSU), the smallest Class I railroad in the US, also operates in Mexico.

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

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.

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

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 […]

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 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.

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. […]

In the week ending June 11, 2016, Kansas City Southern’s (KSU) total railcars declined by 8.1% YoY (year-over-year).

Competition with other railroads and other modes of transportation is subject to service rates, routes, service reliability, and quality. KSU faces the stiffest competition among the Class I railroads due to its relatively small size.

Union Pacific’s chemical freight carloads were down by 4% in 4Q15 compared to 4Q14. Petroleum products carloads were down by 18% during the same period.