Posts for Ticker ‘KSU’

Transports Seeing Mixed Show on FedEx Guidance Hike (FDX, UPS, UNP, CSX, YRCW, NSC, KSU, BNI, JBHT, CNW, LSTR)

FedEx Logo PicWe just noticed over at our volume spike alert service that FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) was already challenging 150% of its average volume and was triple volume what it normally has traded by this time of the morning. This was really ramping up rival United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) with a 4% gain, and was taking up lesser players in the space as well.  But interestingly enough, this is not doing anything to boost the trading volume in railroad stocks. Railroad giants like Union Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP) and CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) are even lower on the day.  YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is up significantly, and most truckers are up in sympathy.
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Posted on: September 11, 2009 – 11:33 am in Consumer Goods, Trading Alert, Transports, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Analyst Downgrades (KSU, NRP, NOK, SYK, TOL)

These are this morning’s top research downgrades and cautious calls from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with close to two hours until the market opens:

Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Natural Resource Partners (NRP) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Nokia (NOK) Cut to Hold at Deutsche bank.
Stryker (SYK) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.
Toll Brothers (TOL) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.

JON C. OGG

Posted on: August 24, 2009 – 7:53 am in Analyst Calls, , , , ,

Transportation Stocks Set To Double (CAL, ITWO, KSU, OSG, R)

money-stack-image34Over the past week 24/7 Wall St. has picked several stocks from major sectors that are likely to double off of their lows.  This group focuses on the transportation sector with the picks being Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: CAL), i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO), Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU), Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG), and Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R).

We have more details on why we like these over peers, but there are several suppositions in our opinions here. The time frame is by the end of 2010, which is meant to coincide with some form of economic recovery next year.  A number of the credit and financial issues facing the markets will be in place for the near-term or longer.  The other assumption used for choosing the stocks is a market bottom of roughly 600 on the S&P 500.  Unfortunately, there is also the added risk of energy costs and now a new emissions “cap-and-trade” tax to consider.
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Posted on: March 17, 2009 – 4:45 am in Transports, Value Investing, , , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AINV, BHI, CNI, RDEN, KSU, PALM, RL, RRGB, SII, TER)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades on Wall Street this Tuesday morning:

  • Apollo Investment (AINV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Baker Hughes (BHI) Cut to Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Canadian National Railway (CNI) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (RDEN) Cut to Market Perform at Wachovia.
  • Kansas City Southern (KSU) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Palm (PALM) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.
  • Red Robin Gourmet (RRGB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Smith International (SII) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Teradyne (TER) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
January 20, 2009

Posted on: January 20, 2009 – 7:51 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACTI, BCE, KSU, MYL, TEVA, AXP, AAPL, ROCK, SNV, TKC)

Money_stack_picIt is getting rather thin in analyst coverage, but these are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen this Wednesday morning:

  • ActivIdentity (NASDAQ: ACTI) Started as Buy at Stanford Group.
  • BCE (NYSE:BCE) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) Raised to Buy at UBS.
  • Mylan (NYSE:MYL) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • Teva (NASDAQ: TEVA) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan.
  • American Express (NYSE:AXP) Started as Reduce at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
  • Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Gibralter (NASDAQ: ROCK) Cut to Sell at Piper Jaffray.
  • Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.

Jon C. Ogg
December 17, 2008

Posted on: December 17, 2008 – 8:37 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ALU, AUO, BEC, BA, GR, KSU, LULU, SEPR)

Burning_money_picThese are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or negative calls on Wall Street we have seen this Monday morning:

  • Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.
  • AU Optronics (NYSE: AUO) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
  • Beckman Coulter (NYSE: BEC) Cut to Neutral at Baird.
  • Boeing (NYSE: BA) Started as Sell at Societe Generale.
  • Goodrich (NYSE: GR) Started as Sell at Society Generale.
  • Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
  • Sepracor (NASDAQ: SEPR) Started as Sell at Goldman Sachs.

Jon C. Ogg
December 15, 2008

Posted on: December 15, 2008 – 7:49 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , ,

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATI, AIV, DELL, GPS, JTX, KSU, NDAQ, PRU, SIRI, AUY)

These are not the only analyst calls impacting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on this Friday in pre-market trading:

  • Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI) cut to Neutral from Outperform at Cowen & Co.
  • Apartment Investment (NYSE: AIV) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs.
  • Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) Cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Jackson Hewitt (NYSE: JTX) Raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
  • Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Cut to Neutral from Buy at UBS.
  • NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) Started as Neutral at UBS.
  • Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) Raised to Overweight from Underweight at Lehman.
  • Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.
  • Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY) raised to Buy at UBS.

Jon C. Ogg
April 4, 2008

Posted on: April 4, 2008 – 6:38 am in Analyst Calls, , , , , , , , , ,

Railroads: Short Sellers Versus Buffett & Gates (UNP, NSC, CP, BNI, CNI, CSX, KSU)

Since Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, plus many others now, have gone after more railroad holdings, we thought it would be interesting to see how short sellers are acting in the names.  Supposedly you can now make money betting against Warren Buffett these days, but that all depends on YOUR timing versus HIS.  If you think that Bill Gates’ Cascade investment vehicle doesn’t have some foresight into issues 3 to 6 months ahead of time, well I won’t say it.  So here is how the short selling looks in the railroads from April to May

STOCK (Ticker)                MAY07    APR07    Change
Union Pacific (UNP)        4.41M     3.91M      12.8%
Burlington North (BNI)    6.19M      5.8M         6.1%   
Canadian Nat’l (CNI)        1.79M    1.40M      28.2%
CSX Corp. (CSX)              29.27M   27.97M    4.6%
Canadian Pac. (CP)         1.30M    1.06M        22.2%

lower short interest….

Norfolk Southern (NSC)    5.47M    7.93M    -31%
Kansas City So. (KSU)      5.30M    6.43M    -17.6%

NSC was Buffett’s top holding in the sector, and CNI was Gates’ top holding in the rails.  Both BNI and UNP were Buffett’s other holdings in the sector.

Jon C. Ogg
May 22, 2007

Jon Ogg can be reached at jonogg@247wallst.com; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.

Posted on: May 22, 2007 – 1:30 pm in Short Interest, Transports, , , , , , ,