Pandemic weighs on Kansas City Southern’s second-quarter profits

A photograph of a Kansas City Southern train.

Kansas City Southern’s (NYSE: KSU) second-quarter revenue dipped 23% amid a 21% drop in carload volumes.

Revenue in the second quarter of 2020 totaled $547.9 million, down 23% from the same period in 2019 as demand slumped because of the coronavirus pandemic, the railroad said early Friday, July 17. 

Second-quarter net profit was $110.3 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, compared with $129.1 million, or $1.28 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2019.

Operating expenses were $367.5...

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