CSX Corp (CSX)

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: rail and trucking. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. It also transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, minerals, automotive, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities. In addition, the company provides intermodal services through a network of approximately 30 terminals transporting manufactured consumer goods in containers; and drayage services, including the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments. It serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations, as well as connects non-rail served customers through transferring products, such as plastics and ethanol from rail to trucks. The company operates approximately 20,000 route mile rail network, which serves various population centers in 26 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as owns 3400 locomotives. It serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Symbol
CSX
Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Railroads
Market cap
$87.86B
52 week range
33.63 - 53.6

Valuation

Share price
$47.43 (close of 2026-10-02)
P/E (TTM)
27.42x
Price to book
6.24x
Price to free cash flow
31.42x
Enterprise value
$105.83B
Book value per share
$7.60

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+1.91%
5 days+1.39%
1 month-2.51%
3 months-2.99%
6 months+15.07%
Year to date+30.84%
1 year+33.34%
3 years+55.30%
5 years+56.33%
10 years+366.37%
All time+12061.54%

Members of Congress who disclosed CSX trades

Jefferson Shreve · Kevin Hern · Markwayne Mullin · Tommy Tuberville · Bruce Westerman · Robert Bresnahan · Alan Armstrong · Dan Newhouse · Val Hoyle

Super investors holding CSX

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) · Harry Burn (Sound Shore Management) · Kahn Brothers (Kahn Brothers Group)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
21.95%
Return on invested capital
11.44%
Return on assets
6.61%
Return on capital employed
11.15%
Gross margin
32.08%
Net margin
20.50%
EBITDA margin
44.00%
Revenue growth
-3.08%
Net income growth
-16.74%
Free cash flow growth
-37.05%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.18%
Current ratio
0.82x
Net debt to EBITDA
2.68x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$14.09B
Cost of revenue
$9.57B
Gross profit
$4.52B
EBITDA
$6.20B
Net income
$2.89B
Earnings per share
$1.54
Shares outstanding
1.87B

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$14.09B$4.52B$2.89B$1.54
2024-12-31$14.54B$5.25B$3.47B$1.79
2023-12-31$14.66B$5.50B$3.67B$1.83
2022-12-31$14.85B$5.95B$4.11B$1.93
2021-12-31$12.52B$5.59B$3.78B$1.68
2020-12-31$10.58B$4.36B$2.77B$1.20
2019-12-31$11.94B$4.96B$3.33B$1.39
2018-12-31$12.25B$4.87B$3.31B$1.29
2017-12-31$11.41B$3.72B$5.47B$2.00
2016-12-30$11.07B$3.41B$1.71B$0.60

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-3132.08%20.50%21.95%11.44%
2024-12-3136.07%23.87%27.74%13.64%
2023-12-3137.52%25.03%30.60%14.67%
2022-12-3140.09%27.70%32.99%16.33%
2021-12-3144.67%30.19%28.11%37.73%
2020-12-3141.22%26.13%21.09%33.39%
2019-12-3141.59%27.90%28.08%38.04%
2018-12-3139.75%27.01%26.30%33.78%
2017-12-3132.61%47.96%37.16%26.01%
2016-12-3030.83%15.48%14.66%22.35%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCash
2025-12-31$675.00M
2024-12-31$1.00B
2023-12-31$1.44B
2022-12-31$2.09B
2021-12-31$2.32B
2020-12-31$3.13B
2019-12-31$1.95B
2018-12-31$1.11B
2017-12-31$419.00M
2016-12-30$1.02B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$1.71B$54.00M
2024-12-31$2.72B$40.00M
2023-12-31$3.26B$60.00M
2022-12-31$3.41B$74.00M
2021-12-31$3.31B$107.00M
2020-12-31$2.64B$29.00M
2019-12-31$3.19B$74.00M
2018-12-31$2.90B$51.00M
2017-12-31$1.43B$89.00M
2016-12-30$643.00M$37.00M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2026-08-31
Paid in the last twelve months
$0.55
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-08-31$0.14
2026-05-29$0.14
2026-02-27$0.14
2025-11-28$0.13
2025-08-29$0.13
2025-05-30$0.13
2025-02-28$0.13
2024-11-29$0.12

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-10-21
Consensus EPS estimate
$0.53

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-07-22Jun/2026$0.50
2026-04-22Mar/2026$0.39
2026-01-22Dec/2025$0.42
2025-10-16Sep/2025$0.42
2025-07-23Jun/2025$0.42
2025-04-16Mar/2025$0.37
2025-01-23Dec/2024$0.43
2025-01-22--

Filings and sources

Company website
csx.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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