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About Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern, a transportation holding company, provides domestic and international rail transportation services in North America. The company serves a ten-state region in the Midwest and southeast regions of the United States and has the shortest north/south rail route between Kansas City, Missouri, and ports along the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. It operates a commercial corridor of the Mexican railroad system and has its direct rail passageway between Mexico City and Laredo, Texas. The company provides rail access to the United States and Mexico border crossing at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; and controls and operates the southern half of the rail bridge at Laredo, Texas, as well as the northern half of this bridge. Kansas City Southern also offers rail access to the port of Lazaro Cardenas on the Pacific Ocean; and owns a 160-mile rail line extending from Laredo, Texas to the port city of Corpus Christi, Texas. Its rail network comprises approximately 7,100 route miles extending from the Midwest and Southeast portions of the United States south into Mexico. The company serves the chemical and petroleum, industrial and consumer products, agriculture and minerals, energy, intermodal, and automotive markets. Kansas City Southern was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
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5 years, 4 months ago
Kansas City Southern is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 13.0% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 81.9% cheaper than other stocks from the Industrials sector with a price to sales ratio of 9.6.
Kansas City Southern's total revenue sank by 4.9% to $693M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has increased by 30.3% to $166M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 38.5% to $150M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Kansas City Southern gets an overall score of 3/5.