Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.86 (As of May. 04, 2024)

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What is Kansas City Southern 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Kansas City Southern's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 0.86.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

KSU' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31 Med: 1.27 Max: 2.42
Current: 0.86

During the past 13 years, Kansas City Southern's highest Yield on Cost was 2.42. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 1.27.

KSU's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 3.53 vs KSU: 0.86

Competitive Comparison of Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Railroads subindustry, Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kansas City Southern's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Kansas City Southern 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Kansas City Southern is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Business Description

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Address

427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO, USA, 64105

Website

https://www.kcsouthern.com

Kansas City Southern, the smallest Class I railroad, derives about half of its $2.6 billion revenue on 3,400 miles of track in the Central and Southern United States. Remaining sales are produced by operating concessions on 3,300 miles of rail in Mexico and 47 miles of track adjacent to the Panama Canal. KCS' freight includes industrial and forest products (around 21% of total revenue), chemicals and petroleum (26%), agriculture and minerals (18%), intermodal (13%), energy (9%), and autos (9%); other revenue stems from switching, demurrage, and the like.

Executives

Warren K Erdman	officer: Executive Vice President
Lora S Cheatum	officer: Sr. VP - Human Resources	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN PO BOX 219335 KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Suzanne M Grafton	officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer	427 W 12TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Del Cueto Cuevas Oscar Augusto	officer: President & Exec Rep of Sub	427 W 12TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Michael W Upchurch	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, PO BOX 219335, KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Patrick J Ottensmeyer	officer: President & CEO	PO BOX 219335, KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Adam J Godderz	officer: SVP Chief Legal Ofc & Corp Sec	427 W 12TH STREET KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Brian D. Hancock	officer: EVP & Chief Innovation Officer	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, PO BOX 219335, KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Michael J. Naatz	officer: EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	10990 ROE AVE, OVERLAND PARK KS 66211
Thomas A Mcdonnell	director	C/O KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, 427 W 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO 64105
Garza Santos David F	director	AV. INDUSTRIALES DEL PONIENTE NO. 2300 SANTA CATARINA, N.L. O5 66350
Robert J Druten	director	6503 SENECA ROAD, MISSION HILLS KS 66208
Jeffrey M Songer	officer: EVP & COO	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN PO BOX 219335 KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Janet H Kennedy	director	KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, PO BOX 219335, KANSAS CITY MO 64121
Lydia I Beebe	director	13403 NORTHWEST FREEWAY, HOUSTON TX 77040