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September 2, 2010

Kansas City Southern forecasts near 20 per cent revenue growth for second half 2010

From The Associated Press The Joplin Globe Thu Sep 02, 2010, 11:27 AM CDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Southern rail network has fully recovered from the impacts of Hurricane Alex and related tropical storms that caused widespread damage and flooding in central and northeastern Mexico on the Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) system. According to KCS executive vice president and chief financial officer Michael Upchurch, “August volumes represent the highest number of monthly carloadings to-date in 2010.”

During the four weeks in which service was impacted, KCS volumes dropped 18.1% from the four-week period just before the hurricane made landfall on June 30, 2010. With service restored by late July, KCS’s August volumes recovered increasing 13.7% over August 2009 and slightly over pre-recession 2008 August volumes. Underscoring the strength of its recovery, KCS’ August 2010 volumes made it the second largest volume month for the Company in the last three years and surpassed internal projections developed prior to the hurricane for both volume and revenue.

Speaking at the Hodges Capital Management Investment Forum in Dallas, Texas, Upchurch credited the speed with which KCS was able to repair the portions of its rail infrastructure damaged by the hurricane impacts as being the key factor in restoring traffic and service levels within an expedited timeframe. According to Upchurch, “The effective response of our operations team in the face of very harsh natural conditions not only kept our customers’ businesses open and productive, it also has put KCS in position to have a very strong finish to 2010.

“We have sufficient visibility into our markets and book of business to project that, excluding the impact of the hurricane on July revenues, KCS’ second half 2010 revenue growth should approach 20%,” Upchurch told conference attendees. “This is especially significant in light of the fact that KCS’ business levels rebounded from the depths of the 2008-09 recession sooner than for the other U.S. railroads. Since the Company actually posted solid third and fourth quarter results in 2009, KCS’ projected near 20% revenue growth in the second half of 2010 will be coming on some reasonably difficult comparables.

“The quality of our management and employees, coupled with a truly unique franchise serving some of the most rapidly growing economic centers in the U.S. and Mexico, reinforce our steadfast belief that KCS is well positioned to grow rapidly in the years to come.”

 

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