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Kansas City Southern's First-Quarter Net Profit Jumps 16 Percent
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 11:08am | 547Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) said its first quarter 2019 net profits rose nearly 16 percent amid its ongoing transition to precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2019 totaled $154.9 million, or $1.54 per share, compared with $133.8 million, or $1....
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Best Buy, Kansas City Southern, Salesforce And More
Sunday, September 2, 2018 - 9:31am | 682The cover story in this weekend's Barron's reviews what the sector overhaul could mean for the tech sector. Other featured articles examine the prospects for a railroad operator on the right track and a tech company trying out co-CEOs. Also, a specialty retailer gets no love and a food...
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Barron's Recap: World's Most Respected Companies
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 8:37pm | 1076This weekend in Barron's online: the world's most respected companies, a special report on what is next for the markets, and the prospects for Kansas City Southern and the Dole Food buyout. Cover Story "World's Most Respected Companies" by Vito J. Racanelli. After topping Barron's annual...
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Three Retail Stocks to Sell or Short (JCP, RSH, SWY)
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 12:15pm | 810A research report from UBS (NYSE: UBS) released this week included a list of the analyst's “least preferred” stocks. The stocks on the list had an average potential downside of 20 percent. The list also offers candidates for investors to sell or to short. Three struggling retail stocks made the...
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Three Top Performing BRIC Stocks (CBPO, GSH, VIPS)
Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 3:13pm | 795The cover story in this week's Barron's offers suggestions for a more sophisticated strategy for investing in emerging markets. Gone are the days when all it took to make money was to buy the index or a fund that did not stray far from it. Among the BRIC countries, the large emerging economies...
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Barron's Recap for March 9: Wall Street's Favorite Guru
Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 3:55pm | 881This weekend in Barron's online: a profile of Howard Marks, investors return to online brokers, and the prospects for Bed Bath & Beyond, Live Nation Entertainment and Genworth Financial. Cover Story "Master of Disaster" by Jonathan R. Laing. This week's cover story is a profile of Howard...
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Short Interest in Railroad Stocks on the Rise (CNI, CP, KSU)
Saturday, December 29, 2012 - 3:39pm | 771By and large, the short interest in railroad stocks rose during the first two weeks of December. The number of shares sold short in Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI), Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE: CP), CSX (NYSE: CSX), Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)...
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Norfolk Southern Earnings Warning Weighs on Rail Stocks
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 1:51pm | 529Wednesday's earnings warning from rail transport company Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) not only has its stock lower on Thursday, but it appears to have dragged down others in the industry as well. Of course, U.S. markets are lower in general Thursday as well. The Norfolk, Virginia-based rail...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 23
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 3:13pm | 1531The earnings crunch rolls on this week. Among those scheduled to step into the spotlight are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX). Analysts expect them post year-over-year earnings growth. AT&T (NYSE: T), Boeing...
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Dahlman Rose Reports on Kansas City Southern
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 10:16am | 137Dahlman Rose has published a report on Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) after 2Q11 reports. In the reports, Dahlman Rose wrote, "Kansas City Southern reported 2Q11 adjusted earnings per share of $0.71, a penny higher than both our and the consensus $0.70 estimate. The modest beat came off of...
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UPDATE: Bank of America Raises PT on Kansas City Southern from $60 to $69
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 9:10am | 199Bank of America has published a report on Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) raising the price target from $60.00 to $69.00. In the report, Bank of America wrote, "KSU reported normalized 2Q11 EPS of $0.71, above our $0.65 estimate and consensus' $0.70. It posted revenues of $535 million, up 16%...
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Stifel Nicolaus Initiates Kansas City Southern At Hold
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 7:53am | 23Stifel Nicolaus has initiated coverage on Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) with a Hold rating.
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Dahlman Rose Provides Color on the Rail Sector
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 8:21am | 340Dahlman Rose provided color on the rail sector. In a research report published today, Dahlman stressed a number of improvements in the sector. In the report, Dahlman states, "North American Class I rail traffic grew 4% in Week 19, 2011 vs 3.1% and 1.7% increases in the prior two weeks. The 4%...
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Dahlman Rose Maintains Hold on Kansas City Southern (KSU)
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 9:50am | 126Dahlman Rose is out with its report today on Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), maintaining Hold. In a note to clients, Dahlman Rose writes, "In light of the largely in-line results, we are maintaining our 2011 and 2012 EPS estimates of $2.70 and $3.20, respectively. Given its solid fundamentals...
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Goldman Sachs Raises KSU Target From $54 To $55
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 8:13am | 30Goldman Sachs is raising its PT on shares of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) from $54 to $55. Kansas City Southern closed Tuesday at $51.27.