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KSU -- USA Stock  

USD 207.58  2.56  1.22%

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By Raphi Shpitalnik  
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With so much uncertainty about the industrials space, it is fair to review Kansas City Southern against current market trends. As expected, Kansas City is starting to reaffirm its true potential as private investors are becoming more and more confident in the future outlook. The returns on investing in Kansas City and the market returns of the last few months appear unrelated to each other. The indication of stable basic indicators of the firm implies a short-horizon price swing for private investors of Kansas. Kansas City Southern is scheduled to announce its earnings today. The next earnings report is expected on the 16th of April 2021.
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Will Kansas City (NYSE:KSU) price continue to gain in February?
Kansas City Southern's average rating is Hold from 15 analysts. Do analysts base this consensus on technical analyses? We know that typical technical analysis utilizes price momentum, patterns, and trends looking at historical prices. It aims to identify signals based on Kansas City market sentiment investors' perception of the future value of Kansas. Let us look at a few aspects of Kansas technical analysis. The company has Net Profit Margin of 21.68 %, which may imply that it executes well on its competitive polices and has reasonable control over its expenses and variable costs. This is very large. In the same way, it shows Net Operating Margin of 52.34 %, which entails that for every 100 dollars of revenue, it generated 0.52 of operating income.
Using predictive technical analysis, we will analyze different prices and returns patterns and diagnose historical swings to determine the real value of Kansas City Southern. In general, we focus on analyzing Kansas City stock price patterns and their correlations with different microeconomic environment and drivers. We also apply predictive analytics to build Kansas City's daily price indicators and compare them against related drivers such as momentum indicators and various other types of predictive indicators. Using this methodology combined with a more conventional technical analysis and fundamental analysis, we attempt to find the most accurate representation of Kansas City's intrinsic value. In addition to deriving basic predictive indicators for Kansas City, we also check how macroeconomic factors affect Kansas City price patterns. Please read more on our technical analysis page or use our predictive modules below to complement your research.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, frequently view the market will even out over time. This tendency of Kansas City's stock price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy. Please use the tools below to analyze the current value of Kansas City in the context of predictive analytics.
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Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Kansas City. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Kansas City's peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Kansas City's competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy towards taking a position in Kansas City Southern.

How does Kansas Stands against Peers?

Analyzing Kansas City competition or peers my help you to expand the diversification possibilities of your existing portfolios and to get a better perspective on locking in new positions. Try to analyze the advantages of investing in traded instruments related to Kansas City across multiple sectors and thematic ideas. A good competitive analysis can cover a lot of different areas. But what areas to choose depends on who you are. The more exhaustive you are in your analysis, the more effective your competitive analysis will be.
Check out Kansas City Competition Details

What do experts say?

Stock analysis is a method for investors and traders to make buying and selling decisions. By studying and evaluating past and current data, investors and traders attempt to gain an edge in the markets by making informed decisions.
It is good to see analyst projects for Kansas City, but it might be worth checking our own buy vs. sell analysis

Closer look at Kansas City Semi Variance

Kansas City Southern has current Semi Variance of 0.91. Semi-variance provides a good measure of downside volatility for equity or a portfolio. It is similar to variance, but it only looks at periods where the returns are less than the target or average level.

Semi-variance is the square of semi-deviation. Semi-variance is calculated by averaging the deviations of returns that have a result that is less than the mean.

Semi Variance 
 = 
SUM(RET DEV)2 
N(ZERO) 
 = 
0.91
SUM = Summation notation
RET DEV = Actual return deviation over selected period
N(ZERO) = Number of points with returns less than zero
Let's now compare Kansas City Semi Variance to its closest peers:
KSU
CP
CSX
GBX
FSTR
KSU0.9063853751337775
CP1.46
CSX1.46
GBX10.0
FSTR3.6

Over 3 percent gain for Kansas City. What does it mean for private investors?

Kansas City newest downside variance boosts over 1.62. Kansas City Southern has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.02 and kurtosis of -0.13. However, we advise all investors to independently investigate Kansas City Southern to ensure all accessible information is consistent with the expectations about its upside potential and future expected returns.

Our Final Perspective on Kansas City

Whereas other companies under the railroads industry are still a bit expensive, Kansas City may offer a potential longer-term growth to private investors. With a relatively neutral outlook on the newest economy, it is better to hold off any trading of Kansas as the current risk-reward utility is not appealing enough. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Kansas City.

About Contributor

Raphi Shpitalnik is a Junior Member of Macroaxs Editorial Board. Raphael is a young entrepreneur who joined Macroaxis on a part-time base at the beginning of the pandemic and eventually acquired a real test for investing and fintech. He likes to analyze different equity instruments across a wide range of industries, focusing primarily on consumer products, sports, fintech, cannabis, and AI. View Profile
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