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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Quality Rank


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What is Kansas City Southern Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

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Kansas City Southern (Kansas City Southern) Business Description

Industry
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Traded in Other Exchanges
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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