Kansas City Southern (KSU): Price and Financial Metrics

KSU POWR Grades

• KSU scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 92.2% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for KSU is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• KSU ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 1st percentile.

KSU Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $24,714,189,562, Kansas City Southern has a greater market value than 89.49% of US stocks.
• Kansas City Southern's stock had its IPO on November 5, 1987, making it an older stock than 90.45% of US equities in our set.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 190.4, Kansas City Southern P/E ratio is greater than that of about 96.35% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Kansas City Southern, a group of peers worth examining would be LUMN, PSX, UHAL, TEF, and ATO.
• Visit KSU's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.kcsouthern.com.

KSU Valuation Summary

• KSU's price/earnings ratio is 204.8; this is 686.18% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, KSU's price/sales ratio has gone up 8.2.
• KSU's price/sales ratio has moved up 8.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for KSU.

KSU Growth Metrics

• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 93.62%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 7.18%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 185.6%.

Over the past 70 months, KSU's revenue has gone up $345,200,000.

The table below shows KSU's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	2,808.5	1,061.8	129.8
2021-03-31	2,606.9	1,023	618.1
2020-12-31	2,632.6	1,080	616.8
2020-09-30	2,668.7	1,065.4	578.3
2020-06-30	2,756.8	1,087.8	568.7
2020-03-31	2,922.9	1,114	587.7

KSU's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• KSU has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 82.83% of graded US stocks.
• KSU's asset turnover comes in at 0.274 -- ranking 67th of 138 Transportation stocks.
• EXPE, BKNG, and LUV are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with KSU.

The table below shows KSU's key quality metrics over time.