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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Financial Strength : 0 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Kansas City Southern Financial Strength?

Kansas City Southern has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Kansas City Southern's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 7.39. Kansas City Southern's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 1.29. As of today, Kansas City Southern's Altman Z-Score is 3.28.


Competitive Comparison of Kansas City Southern's Financial Strength

For the Railroads subindustry, Kansas City Southern's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength 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 Financial Strength Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Kansas City Southern's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kansas City Southern's Financial Strength falls into.



Kansas City Southern Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Kansas City Southern's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2021 was $-39 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2021 was $288 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $3,816 Mil.

Kansas City Southern's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2021 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2021 )
=-1*288.4/-39
=7.39

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Kansas City Southern's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2021 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(8.7 + 3816.2) / 2976
=1.29

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Kansas City Southern has a Z-score of 3.28, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 3.28 is strong.

* 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) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Kansas City Southern has the Financial Strength Rank of 0.


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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO, USA, 64105
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

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