The historical rank and industry rank for Kansas City Southern's Net Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
KSU'
s Net Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.33 Med: 19.73 Max: 36.62
Current: 3.33
KSU's Net Margin % is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 5.47
vs KSU: 3.33
Kansas City Southern Net Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Kansas City Southern's Net Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Kansas City Southern's Net Margin %
For the Railroads subindustry, Kansas City Southern's Net Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Net Margin % 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 Net Margin % Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Kansas City Southern's Net Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kansas City Southern's Net Margin % falls into.
Kansas City Southern Net Margin % Calculation
Net margin - also known as net profit margin is the ratio of Net Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Kansas City Southern's Net Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) Net Margin % Explanation
Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.
But the long term trend of the net margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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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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