Genesee & Wyoming Inc.(NYSE:GWR) railroad operator trade dropped 5.2% as company reported sharp decline in shipments of farm and food products, as well as fewer carloads of coal and minerals.
Company’s transportation in the third quarter of 2012 was 242,783 carloads, a drop of 13,407 carloads, or 5.2 % versus third quarter of previous year.
Shipment dropped in the Australia Region was primarily due to a quicker shipping schedule by the start of this year, as well as a mechanical disappointment at an disseminate grain terminal in Adelaide, South Australia.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) traded with volume of 363,555.00 shares in last session which was unexpectedly lower versus average trading capacity of 864,567.00 shares. The stock traded with opening bell at $69.76, gained the maximum price level of $69.76 and then finished the day at $69.28 by scoring -0.57%.
GWR remained successful in generating revenue of $852.45 million in the trailing twelve months and made net income of $124.86 million. The Company maintained a positive 14.65% for the net profit margin and in its operating margin it scored 24.07%. Company’s yearly revenue change for the last five years was 12.97%.
The GWR’s price to sales ratio is 3.75 and price to cash ratio is 63.65 for the past 12 months. As far as the returns from the company is concerned, return on assets remained as 5.52%.
The stock showed upbeat performance of +1.14% for the week which was maintained for the month at +6.90%. Likewise the positive performance for the trailing 3 months was recorded as +26.84% and in last year was +30.08% while the performance so far in current year remains at +14.36%.
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