During the past 12 months, Kansas City Southern's average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was -10.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 0.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 4.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value per Share Growth Rate of Kansas City Southern was 20.50% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 8.80% per year.
Competitive Comparison of Kansas City Southern's 3-Year Book Growth Rate
For the Railroads subindustry, Kansas City Southern's 3-Year Book Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Book Growth Rate 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 3-Year Book Growth Rate Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Kansas City Southern's 3-Year Book Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kansas City Southern's 3-Year Book Growth Rate falls into.
Kansas City Southern 3-Year Book Growth Rate Calculation
This is the 3-year average growth rate of Book Value per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.
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Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) 3-Year Book Growth Rate Explanation
Book Value per Share is the ratio of equity available to common shareholders divided by the shares outstanding. Book value per share effectively indicates a firm's net asset value on a per-share basis. It can be used by investors to gauge whether a stock price is undervalued by comparing it to the firm's market value per share. Theoretically, it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated.
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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Business Description
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.
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