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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

PR INSIDE.COM: SADIF Analytics Assigns Positive Long-Term Outlook Rating to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

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2008-11-10 17:24:29 - SADIF-Investment Analytics SA has applied its StockMarks™ stock-rating system to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and produced a research report, rating the company's attractiveness to long-term investors.

Mira, Portugal - November 10, 2008 - SADIF Investment Analytics SA, today announced the release of a new equity research report covering Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI). The report utilizes SADIF's powerful StockMarks™ stock rating system and is required reading for any current or potential Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation investor.

Report Summary: US rail transport company Burlington Northern Santa

Fe Corporation has benefited from a wave of good news over the past month. The company reported strong third quarter earnings on October 23rd, boosting diluted EPS from non-recurring items by 29% compared to the same period in 2007. Freight revenues also increased, rising by 21%, due in part to fuel surcharges. The company stands to benefit from the expected environmental reforms to be enacted by President-elect Obama over the coming four years. Given the greater fuel efficiency of rail transport, a carbon tax would enhance the company's competitive advantage against truck transportation companies. Burlington Northern Santa Fe has also made moves to increase the efficiency of its engines, including work on developing a hydrogen fuel-cell locomotive. Increased fuel efficiency also serves to limit the earnings impact of the wild swings seen in oil prices over the past year.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is Burlington Northern's largest shareholder, holding approximately 19% of the company, up from 11% in 2007. In a recent regulatory filing, Burlington Northern indicated that Berkshire bought an additional 825,000 shares in the company on October 28th. The additional purchases clearly indicate that Warren Buffett believes the company to be undervalued for long-term investors, but in order to understand the reasons behind this we should look at the company's underlying fundamentals. We can assess Burlington Northern through the use of the StockMarks framework. Burlington Northern currently has an overall long-term investment attractiveness rating (Total StockMark or SMT) of 64, rating above the US market average. This rating places Burlington Northern third among ten of its closest US-listed peers.

The complete report breaks down the Total StockMark into its three components - Business, Management and Price, performing a thorough analysis of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation for long-term investors.

A summary of the StockMarks™ ratings for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is available here:
sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/company.php?ticker=BNI&cod_country ..

The report has been distributed to Reuters, and forwarded to Yahoo Finance and FT.com. It is available under 'Analyst Reports' from these websites, from multiple professional platforms including Reuters Knowledge, TheMarkets.com and Thomson Research or directly from SADIF-Investment Analytics SA at:
sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/article/hist_article.php?cod_count ..


About SADIF-Investment Analytics SA
SADIF-Investment Analytics SA is an independent investment research company covering sixteen different markets and over 12,000 companies. Our StockMarks™ system is based on proven investment principles and is designed to drive long-term shareholder returns.

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