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Kansas City Southern
LSE:0JQ4

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Price: 290.48 USD -2.79%
Market Cap: 4.2B USD
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Profitability Summary

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Profitability
Score

We take all the information about a company's profitability (such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more) and consolidate it into one single number - the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Past Growth

To be successful and remain in business, both growth and profitability are important and necessary. Net Income growth is often seen as a sign of a company's efficiency from an operational standpoint, but is influenced heavily by a company's goals and challenges and should therefore be assessed in conjunction with other metrics like revenue and operating income growth.

Margins

Profit margins represent what percentage of sales has turned into profits. Simply put, the percentage figure indicates how many cents of profit the company has generated for each dollar of sale.

Profit margins help investors assess if a company's management is generating enough profit from its sales and whether operating costs and overhead costs are being contained.

Earnings Waterfall
Kansas City Southern

Revenue
2.9B USD
Cost of Revenue
-890.4m USD
Gross Profit
2B USD
Operating Expenses
-876.8m USD
Operating Income
1.1B USD
Other Expenses
-1B USD
Net Income
96.4m USD

Margins Comparison
Kansas City Southern Competitors

Country Company Market Cap Gross
Margin
Operating
Margin
Net
Margin
US
Kansas City Southern
LSE:0JQ4
4.2B USD
69%
39%
3%
US
Union Pacific Corp
NYSE:UNP
140.7B USD
79%
40%
27%
CA
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd
TSX:CP
101.3B CAD
84%
36%
25%
CA
Canadian National Railway Co
TSX:CNR
92.1B CAD
74%
38%
32%
US
CSX Corp
NASDAQ:CSX
62.1B USD
72%
37%
25%
US
Norfolk Southern Corp
NYSE:NSC
53.6B USD
49%
36%
20%
CN
Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd
SSE:601816
282.9B CNY
47%
45%
30%
HK
MTR Corp Ltd
HKEX:66
156.4B HKD
38%
19%
16%
JP
East Japan Railway Co
TSE:9020
3T JPY
36%
14%
8%
JP
Central Japan Railway Co
TSE:9022
2.8T JPY
48%
37%
24%
CN
Daqin Railway Co Ltd
SSE:601006
112.9B CNY
16%
16%
12%
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Return on Capital

Return on capital ratios give a sense of how well a company is using its capital (equity, assets, capital employed, etc.) to generate profits (operating income, net income, etc.). In simple words, these ratios show how much income is generated for each dollar of capital invested.

Return on Capital Comparison
Kansas City Southern Competitors

Country Company Market Cap ROE ROA ROCE ROIC
US
Kansas City Southern
LSE:0JQ4
4.2B USD
2%
1%
12%
5%
US
Union Pacific Corp
NYSE:UNP
140.7B USD
43%
10%
16%
11%
CA
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd
TSX:CP
101.3B CAD
8%
4%
7%
5%
CA
Canadian National Railway Co
TSX:CNR
92.1B CAD
28%
10%
13%
11%
US
CSX Corp
NASDAQ:CSX
62.1B USD
29%
9%
14%
10%
US
Norfolk Southern Corp
NYSE:NSC
53.6B USD
18%
6%
11%
9%
CN
Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Co Ltd
SSE:601816
282.9B CNY
7%
4%
7%
5%
HK
MTR Corp Ltd
HKEX:66
156.4B HKD
5%
3%
5%
3%
JP
East Japan Railway Co
TSE:9020
3T JPY
8%
2%
5%
3%
JP
Central Japan Railway Co
TSE:9022
2.8T JPY
10%
4%
7%
5%
CN
Daqin Railway Co Ltd
SSE:601006
112.9B CNY
7%
5%
6%
9%
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Free Cash Flow

Free cash flow (FCF) is the money a company has left over after paying its operating expenses and capital expenditures. The more free cash flow a company has, the more it can allocate to dividends, paying down debt, and growth opportunities.

If a company has a decreasing free cash flow, that is not necessarily bad if the company is investing in its growth.