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Lackluster Q3 Outlook Weighs On Rail Names
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 3:11pm | 391CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX)'s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Frank Lonegro, warned investors that the volume is expected to drop by high single digit on a year-over-year basis in the third quarter. However, the company indicated that its efficiency continued to gain...
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FCC Hits Canadian Pacific With $1.2 Million Fine For Wireless Radio Violations
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 8:24am | 261The Federal Communication Commission ordered Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE: CP) to pay a fine of $1.21 million for violations regarding wireless radios. In 2015, Canadian Pacific's internal audit revealed it has not complied with FCC licensing regulations. The probe revealed that the...
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Argus Says Multiples Point To Undervalued Union Pacific, Despite Outperforming Peers For 10 Years
Friday, July 22, 2016 - 1:37pm | 406Argus said the recent weakness in the shares of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) offers a buying opportunity. Underperformance Union Pacific shares have modestly underperformed the market over the past quarter, rising 2.7 percent versus 3.9 percent gain for the S&P 500. Compared to the...
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Can Canadian Pacific's Cost Controls Position It To Rise Again?
Friday, July 22, 2016 - 8:56am | 414Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE: CP) reported earnings Wednesday, resulting in a mixed reaction. Initially, traders reacted positively to the company's Q2 adjusted earnings per share of $2.05 vs. $2.04 estimates and $1.45 billion sales vs. $1.47 billion estimates; however, a Buckingham...
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Railway Takeaways From Citi Industrials Conference
Friday, June 17, 2016 - 1:33pm | 354The 2016 Citi Industrials Conference took place this week, and analyst Christian Wetherbee released a series of new notes with takeaways from the conference and commentary on a number of railway stocks. Here’s a look at what he had to say. Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU): Wetherbee saw CFO...
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Avondale Cuts Estimates On Railroads... Again
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:13pm | 427On Friday, Avondale Partners issued a note on the railroad industry, highlighting companies including CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX), Canadian National Railway (USA) (NYSE: CNI), Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (USA) (NYSE: CP), Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) and Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE...
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Bank Of America: Demand Soft For Big Rail Carriers
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 9:27am | 322Major rail carriers are seeing lower-than-expected demand that reflects weak growth in commodities, an analyst said Wednesday. Ken Hoexter of Bank of America trimmed his targets on three of the companies, while lowering his 2015 earnings estimates by an average of 4 percent. "We remain...
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JP Morgan Initiates Coverage On 6 Transport Companies
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 12:22pm | 402In a report published Monday, JP Morgan analyst Brian Ossenbeck initiated coverage of six names in the transport space. Overweight Ossenbeck initiated coverage of CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) with an Overweight rating and $41 price target. The analyst noted that CSX is "our favored value...
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3 Reasons To Ride Railroad Stocks
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 1:33pm | 490Railroad stocks such as CSX (NYSE: CSX), Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) offer long-term investors ways to profit from three economic forces that no other industry does for a variety of factors. The First Is Growth At Home. Railroads offer arguably the most...