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Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City Southern (KCS) is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances with other North American rail partners are primary components of a unique railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Company profile

Ticker

KSU, KSU+

Exchange

NYSE

Website

www.kcsouthern.com

CEO

Patrick Ottensmeyer

Incorporated

Delaware

Location

Missouri

Fiscal year end

Dec 31

Sector

Transportation and Warehousing > Line-Haul Railroads

Industry (SIC)

Railroads, Line - Haul Operating

Burlington Northern Santa Fe • Union Pacific • Norfolk Southern • CSX • MediXall • Canadian Pacific Railway • Guangshen Railway • Canadian National Railway • Canadian Pacific Railway ...

Former names

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES INC

SEC CIK

0000054480

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

Underwriting Agreements

Plans of Reorganization

Indentures

Material Contracts & Credit Agreements

Subsidiaries Lists

Subsidiaries

Arrendadora KCSM, S. de R.L. de C.V. • Caymex Transportation, Inc. • Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México, S.A. de C.V. • Financiera Inspira, S.A., de C.V. • Gateway Eastern Railway Company • Highstar Harbor Holdings Mexico • Internacional Railway Support S.A. de C.V. • Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de C.V. • Kansas City Southern International • Kansas City Southern Mexico Holdings, Inc. ...

IRS number

440663509

KSU stock data

S&P 500

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News

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Price Over Earnings Overview: Kansas City Southern

15 Oct 21

What 4 Analyst Ratings Have To Say About Kansas City Southern

14 Oct 21

Over the past 3 months, 4 analysts have published their opinion on Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

Raymond James Maintains Outperform on Kansas City Southern, Raises Price Target to $316

14 Oct 21

Raymond James analyst Patrick Tyler Brown maintains Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $281 to $316.

Kansas City Southern Engages Commtrex To Boost Supply Chain Efficiencies

11 Oct 21

Kansas City Southern Engages Commtrex To Boost Supply Chain Efficiencies With Platform Connecting Shippers To U.S.-Mexico Transload Network

11 Oct 21

Press releases

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Kansas City Southern Announces EVP Precision Scheduled Railroading Sameh Fahmy Will Leave the Company

13 Oct 21

Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) announced today that Sameh Fahmy, executive vice president precision scheduled railroading will leave the Company by year end. During his tenure at KCS, which began in January 2019,

Kansas City Southern Engages Commtrex to Boost Supply Chain Efficiencies with Platform Connecting Shippers to U.S.-Mexico Transload Network

11 Oct 21

Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) announced today that it has engaged Commtrex to enhance the visibility and connectivity of the KCS network's over 100 transload facilities in the U.S. and Mexico using the Commtrex

Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern Execute Agreement to Combine, Creating First Single-Line Rail Network Linking U.S.-Mexico-Canada

16 Sep 21

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX:CP, NYSE:CP) (“CP”) and Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) (“KCS”) announced they have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire

Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern Execute Agreement to Combine, Creating First Single-Line Rail Network Linking U.S.-Mexico-Canada

15 Sep 21

Kansas City Southern Terminates Canadian National Railway Merger Agreement and Is Entering Into Merger Agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway

15 Sep 21

Calendar

16 Jul 21

17 Oct 21

31 Dec 21

Financial summary

Financial statements Chart KSU financial data

Quarter (USD)	Jun 21	Mar 21	Dec 20	Sep 20
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Annual (USD)	Dec 20	Dec 19	Dec 18	Dec 17
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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Cash burn rate (estimated)	Burn method: Change in cash		Burn method: Operating income/loss		Burn method: FCF (opex + capex)
	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q	Last Q	Avg 4Q
Cash on hand (at last report)	325.8M	325.8M	325.8M	325.8M	325.8M	325.8M
Cash burn (monthly)	(positive/no burn)	24.53M	153.2M	(positive/no burn)	(positive/no burn)	(positive/no burn)
Cash used (since last report)	n/a	88.38M	552.09M	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cash remaining	n/a	237.42M	-226.29M	n/a	n/a	n/a
Runway (months of cash)	n/a	9.7	-1.5	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Recent insider trades

KSU insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
6 Oct 21	Garza Santos David F	Dividend Equivalent Right Common Stock	Grant	Acquire A	No	No	282.53	1.837	518.98	8.884
6 Oct 21	Mcdonnell Thomas A	Dividend Equivalent Right Common Stock	Grant	Acquire A	No	No	282.53	3.359	949.02	32.799
6 Oct 21	Druten Robert J	Dividend Equivalent Right Common Stock	Grant	Acquire A	No	No	282.53	14.075	3.98K	343.254
31 Aug 21	Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto Del	Common Stock	Payment of exercise	Dispose F	No	No	293.56	8	2.35K	6,505
24 Aug 21	Druten Robert J	Common Stock	Gift	Dispose G	No	No	0	2,000	0	21,052
19 Aug 21	Mcdonnell Thomas A	Common Stock	Gift	Dispose G	No	No	0	10,000	0	68,693
7 Jul 21	Druten Robert J	Dividend Equivalent Right Common Stock	Grant	Acquire A	No	No	285.25	13.915	3.97K	329.179

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price.

Institutional ownership Q2 2021

KSU institutional ownership history Ownership history

Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.

79.9% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	752	763	-1.4%
Opened positions	102	131	-22.1%
Closed positions	113	100	+13.0%
Increased positions	187	202	-7.4%
Reduced positions	312	278	+12.2%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	20.6B	20.38B	+1.1%
Total shares	72.71M	77.23M	-5.9%
Total puts	1.68M	366.53K	+359.2%
Total calls	2.2M	668.3K	+228.5%
Total put/call ratio	0.8	0.5	+39.8%

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Vanguard	9.48M	$2.69B	-0.4%
BLK Blackrock	7.64M	$2.16B	+3.2%
STT State Street	3.97M	$1.13B	-3.5%
Massachusetts Financial Services	3.28M	$928.63M	-45.9%
Pentwater Capital Management	2.07M	$585.17M	+297.1%
Parnassus Investments	1.89M	$535.46M	-23.1%
Geode Capital Management	1.58M	$445.11M	+3.1%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	1.48M	$420.43M	+121.3%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.29M	$366.27M	-0.0%
BCS Barclays	1.26M	$358.17M	+600.9%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
Massachusetts Financial Services	3.28M	-2.78M	-45.9%
Pentwater Capital Management	2.07M	+1.55M	+297.1%
BCS Barclays	1.26M	+1.08M	+600.9%
WFC Wells Fargo & Co.	429.56K	-1.01M	-70.2%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	1.48M	+813.18K	+121.3%
SLFPY Standard Life Aberdeen	79.02K	-791.94K	-90.9%
Sustainable Growth Advisers	0	-708.19K	EXIT
Bessemer	3.74K	-694.69K	-99.5%
BNS Bank Of Nova Scotia	814.63K	+620.92K	+320.5%
Amundi Pioneer Asset Management	0	-583.05K	EXIT

Data from 13F filings. Stock values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Financial report summary

Risks

The Company’s Merger with CN is subject to various closing conditions, including regulatory and stockholder approvals as well as other uncertainties, and there can be no assurances as to whether and when it may be completed.
Failure to complete the Company’s Merger with CN could negatively impact the Company’s stock price and future business and financial results.
Because the exchange ratio is fixed and the market price of shares of CN stock has fluctuated and will continue to fluctuate, the Company stockholders cannot be sure of the value of the Merger Consideration they will receive in the Merger.
Lawsuits have been and additional lawsuits may be filed against the Company and/or CN challenging the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. An adverse ruling in any such lawsuit may delay or prevent the Merger from being completed.
The shares of CN common stock to be received by the Company’s stockholders upon completion of the Merger will have different rights from shares of the Company’s common stock.
After completion of the Merger, CN may fail to realize the projected benefits and cost savings of the Merger, which could adversely affect the value of CN common stock.
KCS’s business is subject to regulation by federal, state and local legislatures and agencies that could impose significant costs on the Company’s business operations.

Management Discussion

The decline in velocity and increase in dwell are primarily due to lingering network congestion as well as greater efficiencies realized during the second quarter of 2020 from lower volumes due to COVID-19.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, revenues and carload/unit volumes increased 37% and 31%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020. Revenues increased primarily due to higher volumes, higher fuel surcharge, and the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, revenues and carload/unit volumes increased 14% and 13%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2020. Revenues increased primarily due to higher volumes resulting from the recovery from COVID-19 impacts and increased volumes in the chemical and petroleum business unit due to strength in refined fuel product shipments into Mexico.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, revenue per carload/unit increased by 7%, compared to the same period in 2020 due to higher fuel surcharge, the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar, and positive pricing impacts, partially offset by mix. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, revenue per carload/unit increased by 2%, compared to the same period in 2020 due to positive pricing impacts, the strengthening of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar, and higher fuel surcharge, partially offset by shorter average length of haul. The average exchange rate of Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar was Ps.20.1 for the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared to Ps.23.4 for the same period in 2020, which resulted in an increase in revenues of approximately $16.2 million. The average exchange rate of Mexican pesos per U.S. dollar was Ps.20.2 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to Ps.21.6 for the same period in 2020, which resulted in an increase in revenues of approximately $12.2 million.

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From filing 10-Q 2021 Q2