Kansas City Southern (KSU) Stock Declined Today on Mixed Earnings Results
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Kansas City Southern (KSU) - Get Report shares closed trading down 5.2% to $107.79 on Friday after the company released its fourth quarter earnings results before the opening bell today.
The freight railway holding company reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.27 per diluted share on revenue of $642.5 million. Analysts on average were expecting the company to post earnings of $1.23 per diluted share on revenue of $658.4 million.
For the year the company reported a profit of $4.55 per share on revenue of $2.58 billion.
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TheStreet Ratings team rates KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN as a Buy with a ratings score of A. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN (KSU) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: KSU Ratings Report
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