Kansas City Southern (KSU) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.3 percent to $0.215 per share in 2013. Last year the railroad operator restarted a quarterly dividend of 19.5 cents and this is the first dividend increase.

Kansas City Southern (KCS) is a transportation holding company with railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances with other North American rail partners link the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.