Kansas City Southern Overview

  • Founded

  • 1887

Founded
  • Status

  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees

  • 1,287

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds

  • 3

  • Investments

  • 2

Kansas City Southern General Information

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.

Contact Information

Website
www.kcsouthern.com
Formerly Known As
Kansas City Southern Industries
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Primary Industry
Logistics
Other Industries
Holding Companies
Rail
Parent Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Former Stock Listing
KSU
Primary Office
  • PO Box 219335
  • Kansas City, MO 64121
  • United States
+1 (800) 000-0000

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Kansas City Southern Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
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Kansas City Southern Comparisons

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Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Kansas City Southern Competitors (3)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
CSX (Jacksonville) Corporation Jacksonville, FL 00000 000000&0
00000000 0000000 0 Corporation Calgary, Canada 00000 00.000 000000000000 00.000
00000000 00000000 Corporation Montreal, Canada 00000 00000000
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Kansas City Southern Patents

  • 31

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 000

    Granted

  • 000

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Kansas City Southern Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
JP-S6070905-A Fuel efficiency controller of heavy connection engine composition Pending 10-Aug-1983 000000000
CA-1218732-A Fuel efficient control of multiple unit locomotive consists Expired 10-Aug-1983 000000000
AU-3084784-A Control of multiple unit locomotive Granted 10-Aug-1983 000000000
AU-571548-B2 Control of multiple unit locomotive Ceased 10-Aug-1983 000000000 0
DE-3476364-D1 Method and apparatus for controlling locomotive strings in a fuel conserving manner Expired 10-Aug-1983 B61C17/12
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Kansas City Southern Executive Team (19)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Jeffrey Songer Chief Operating Officer
Mary Stadler Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer
Suzanne Grafton Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer
Adam Godderz Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Brian Hancock Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing & Executive Vice President
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Kansas City Southern Board Members (11)

Name Representing Role Since
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Kansas City Southern Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Kansas City Southern Investments & Acquisitions (2)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000000 0000 10-Apr-2006 00000 0000 Logistics 0000000 0
Nelson Money Managers 01-Jan-1998 Merger/Acquisition Publishing
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Kansas City Southern Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
0000000 Rail Laredo, TX 0000
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Kansas City Southern Exits (1)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000000 00000 00000 01-Jan-1998 000000000000000000 Completed
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