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About CSX
Operating in the Eastern United States, Class I railroad CSX generated revenue of nearly $14 billion in 2025. On its more than 21,000 miles of track, CSX hauls shipments of coal (16% of consolidated revenue), chemicals (17%), intermodal containers (16%), automotive cargo (7%), and a diverse mix of other bulk and industrial merchandise.
- Ticker
- $CSX
- Sector
- Mobility
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 22,200
- Headquarters
- Jacksonville, United States
- Website
- www.csx.com
CSX Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$88B
27.42
$1.73
1.21
$0.55
1.18%
Price and volume
Market cap
$88B
Beta
1.21
52-week high
$53.60
52-week low
$33.63
Average daily volume
10M
Dividend rate
$0.55
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.82
Quick ratio
0.685
Long term debt to equity
1.26
Total debt to equity
1.381
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
31.15%
Interest coverage (TTM)
6.11%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
6,831
Gross margin (TTM)
47.07%
Net profit margin (TTM)
22.21%
Operating margin (TTM)
35.67%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
23.28%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$650,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
7.38%
Return on equity (TTM)
24.36%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
27.422
Price to revenue (TTM)
6.079
Price to book
6.24
Price to tangible book (TTM)
6.36
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
31.552
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.17%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.503
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.16%
Forward dividend yield
1.18%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.52%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
6.09%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-1.16%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.77%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-4.28%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
10.97%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
8.74%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
8.45%
What the Analysts think about CSX
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for CSX stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of CSX stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
CSX delivered a strong second quarter: revenue rose 10%, operating income 17% and EPS 23%, while total volume increased 6%. Intermodal led with 9% volume growth, showing that the railway is gaining freight as demand for truck capacity tightens. (Reuters, GlobeNewswire)
Management raised its 2026 outlook to mid-to-high single-digit revenue growth, more than 350 basis points of operating-margin expansion and over 80% free-cash-flow growth. That upgrade suggests recent cost control and productivity gains could translate strong volumes into faster profit growth. (FreightWaves, GlobeNewswire)
The completed Howard Street Tunnel upgrade enables double-stack container trains through Baltimore, opening a faster intermodal route and more capacity. CSX also reported a large industrial development pipeline, which could add new merchandise and bulk carloads as projects enter service. (Barchart, MarketScreener)
Higher volumes are already testing the network. Second-quarter terminal dwell rose 6%, carload trip-plan performance fell to 71%, and on-time arrivals slipped to 54%, creating a risk that poor reliability could damage customer retention and limit further growth. (FreightWaves)
CSX’s planned furloughs of roughly 1,100 workers and permanent removal of 165 maintenance roles could reduce near-term costs but raise inspection, maintenance and safety risks. Any service disruption or regulatory response would weaken the productivity and margin case. (Simply Wall St)
The business remains exposed to a prolonged downturn in coal and weakness in parts of the industrial economy. That makes the recent improvement less secure if energy demand or industrial freight softens, particularly while CSX is relying on intermodal growth to offset those pressures. (Reuters)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 28 Sept 2026.
CSX Financial Performance
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Funds containing CSX
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $CSX weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Global Infrastructure€INFR | €2.1B | 2.81% |
iShares S&P 500 Industrials Sector€2B7C | €673M | 1.60% |
iShares S&P 500 Industrials Sector£IISU | £578M | 1.60% |
SPDR MSCI World Industrials€WIND | €217M | 0.88% |
SPDR S&P US Dividend Aristocrats€SPYD | €3.3B | 0.50% |
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