Watching Washington, February 2019: Sizzle sells product. No wonder the sizzle of ever-lower operating ratios is leading to remarkably higher railroad share prices. But as operating ratios—operating ...

Most owner-operators know how to figure out what it costs to run their truck — that’s your breakeven point. But there’s another number that rarely gets enough attention in this industry. It’s the one ...

For 25 years or longer, operating ratio (the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue) has been a common measure of profitability and efficiency in the truckload transportation industry.

Chart of the Week: Truckload Carriers' Association Best Practices Group operating ratio (SONAR:OPERAT.CFOO) Asset based carrier operating ratios are falling into the 4th quarter despite cooling market ...

Efficiency and operating ratios measure overheads as a percentage of operating revenues or fee income; in effect, they measure how efficiently a company is being operated. They are generally favored ...

Kansas City Southern reported a second-quarter 2010 profit of $34.6 million, or 34 cents a share, compared with $6.5 million or seven cents a share in last year’s second quarter, thus easily beating ...

In order to operate, your business must sell goods or services, buy equipment, pay its bills and receive payment from customers. Operating efficiency ratios provide numerical feedback about how ...

CSX Corporation ( CSX) reported its fourth quarter and full year 2014 results on January 13 after market close. The railroad's fourth quarter revenue grew 5% driven by broad-based volume growth but ...