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CSX Corporation

CSX Industrials Railroads

CSX Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.1 billion, down 3.08% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.1%, EPS grew 22.7%, free cash flow grew 816.5% and total debt fell 1.58%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

47.26 0.08 −0.17%
Market cap
$87.7B
P/E
27.4×
Fwd P/E
24.6×
Dividend yield
1.16%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
2.32
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
72/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K
Impairment
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Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.01
Total sells 16.59
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — 1 — — — — — — —
Sell — — 1 2 — — — 2 2 — — —
Insider Ownership 0.27%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 87,700.00
Revenue 14,512.00
Net Income 3,223.00
Free Cash Flow 2,962.00
Net Debt 17,474.00
Current Ratio 0.82 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.34
P/E ratio 27.36
Fwd P/E 24.60
P/S ratio 6.05
P/B ratio 6.23 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 5.12%
This Y EPS Growth 24.45% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 14.13%
Next Y revenue growth 8.20%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 16.15% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 7.3×, against a ten-year median of 5.8×; over the ten years it ranged from 2.7× in 2016 to 8.5× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 90.32%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 84.42%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 95.24%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 84.45%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 73.12%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.32
Annual Dividend Rate 0.55
Annual Dividend Yield 1.16%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.57
0.14
0.14
0.14
2025 0.52
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2024 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2023 0.44
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2022 0.40
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
2021 0.37
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2020 0.35
0.09
0.09
0.09
0.09
2019 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2018 0.29
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
2017 0.26
0.06
0.07
0.07
0.07
2016 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1,436 1,005 675 1,390
Receivables 1,393 1,326 1,298 1,456
Inventory 440 414 390 406
Other 90 75 187 156
3,359 2,820 2,550 3,408
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,237 1,118 1,149 1,111
ST’ Debt 558 606 708 1,702
Other 387 392 456 432
3,223 3,276 3,133 4,154

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.78% 5.89% (1.74%)
Cash Flow 3.19% 1.59% (5.84%)
Earnings 3.91% 0.88% (11.12%)
Book Value 1.21% 0.08% 1.39%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3,482 3,935 — — —
’25 3,423 3,574 3,587 3,508 14,092
’24 3,681 3,701 3,619 3,539 14,540
’23 3,706 3,699 3,572 3,680 14,657
’22 3,413 3,815 3,895 3,730 14,853
’21 2,813 2,990 3,292 3,427 12,522
’20 2,855 2,255 2,648 2,825 10,583
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,272 1,327 — — —
’25 1,255 635 1,337 1,386 4,613
’24 1,066 1,107 1,686 1,388 5,247
’23 1,251 1,222 1,552 1,489 5,514
’22 1,299 1,231 1,725 1,271 5,526
’21 1,232 1,167 1,420 1,280 5,099
’20 1,178 1,006 944 1,135 4,263
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 793 824 — — —
’25 559 (115) 622 723 1,789
’24 560 590 1,068 566 2,784
’23 816 712 991 826 3,345
’22 976 772 1,121 838 3,707
’21 926 946 1,024 941 3,837
’20 832 596 542 723 2,693
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.43 0.54 — — —
’25 0.34 0.44 0.37 0.39 1.54
’24 0.46 0.49 0.46 0.38 1.79
’23 0.48 0.49 0.42 0.45 1.85
’22 0.39 0.54 0.52 0.49 1.95
’21 0.31 0.52 0.43 0.42 1.68
’20 0.33 0.22 0.32 0.33 1.20
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 7.11 11.86 16.14 20.01 15.60 27.70 25.80 27.60 31.43 26.22

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 12.47 19.45 25.41 26.91 31.24 37.82 38.63 35.09 40.12 37.54
People
People Employees 27,000 24,000 22,500 21,000 19,300 20,900 22,500 23,000 23,500 23,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.41 0.48 0.54 0.57 0.55 0.60 0.66 0.64 0.62 0.61
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 11,069 11,408 12,250 11,937 10,583 12,522 14,853 14,657 14,540 14,092
Gross margin, % 70.46 70.14 72.96 73.54 75.45 72.75 68.02 69.30 69.99 68.32
EBT 2,741 3,142 4,304 4,316 3,627 4,951 5,345 4,829 4,555 3,769
EBT margin, % 24.76 27.54 35.13 36.16 34.27 39.54 35.99 32.95 31.33 26.75
Net income 1,714 5,471 3,309 3,331 2,765 3,781 4,114 3,668 3,470 2,889
Depreciation 1,301 1,315 1,331 1,349 1,383 1,420 1,502 1,607 1,766 1,844
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 3.90 4.17 4.76 5.00 4.60 5.57 6.95 7.30 7.50 7.54
Earnings 0.60 2.00 1.28 1.39 1.20 1.68 1.95 1.85 1.79 1.54
Cash flow 1.07 1.27 1.81 2.03 1.85 2.27 2.59 2.75 2.71 2.47
Capex (0.78) (0.71) (0.55) (0.59) (0.68) (0.56) (0.85) (1.08) (1.27) (1.51)
Free cash flow 0.30 0.56 1.25 1.44 1.17 1.71 1.74 1.67 1.44 0.96
Book value 4.12 5.39 4.89 4.97 5.70 6.00 5.91 5.97 6.45 7.04
Shares, m 2,841 2,733 2,571 2,389 2,300 2,250 2,136 2,008 1,939 1,870
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.82 9.28 16.14 17.35 25.21 22.38 15.92 18.82 18.03 23.54
P/S 3.07 4.50 4.35 4.83 6.57 6.76 4.44 4.74 4.30 4.81
P/B 2.91 3.49 4.23 4.86 5.31 6.27 5.22 5.80 5.00 5.15
EV/Sales 4.00 5.50 5.46 6.02 7.86 7.88 5.52 5.91 5.51 6.10
EV/FCF 52.81 41.02 20.81 20.86 30.88 25.71 22.10 25.89 28.76 48.06
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 3,041 3,472 4,641 4,850 4,263 5,099 5,526 5,514 5,247 4,613
Capex (2,203) (1,943) (1,426) (1,403) (1,570) (1,262) (1,819) (2,169) (2,463) (2,824)
Free cash flow 838 1,529 3,215 3,447 2,693 3,837 3,707 3,345 2,784 1,789
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 447 21 650 1,127 2,422 1,640 1,378 136 (456) (583)
Total debt 11,293 11,809 14,757 16,238 16,705 16,366 18,047 18,533 18,503 18,873
Net debt 10,273 11,390 13,646 14,284 13,574 14,050 15,960 17,097 17,498 18,198
Shareholders’ equity 11,694 14,721 12,580 11,863 13,110 13,500 12,625 11,985 12,507 13,160
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.89 15.38 9.13 8.88 7.09 9.41 9.98 8.72 8.17 6.68
ROIC 9.71 8.90 11.60 11.87 10.22 12.69 13.02 11.82 10.93 9.01
ROE 14.67 41.42 24.24 27.26 22.14 28.42 31.49 29.81 28.34 22.51
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

CSX Corporation vs peers in Railroads (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
UNP Union Pacific Corporation $165.3B 22.5× 21.9× +11.54% (above 0%: growing) +6.33% (above 0%: growing) +57.70% (above 0%: growing) 57.94% 40.25% Compare
CSX CSX Corporation $87.7B 27.4× 24.6× +10.10% (above 0%: growing) +22.73% (above 0%: growing) +816.52% (above 0%: growing) 69.83% 38.27%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited $74.2B 27.1× 25.5× +12.46% (above 0%: growing) −13.40% (below 0%: shrinking) +54.79% (above 0%: growing) 67.51% 35.35% Compare
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation $71.2B 27.1× 26.4× +11.41% (above 0%: growing) −4.40% (below 0%: shrinking) −3.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 66.32% 32.44% Compare
WAB Wabtec $47.4B 38.3× 27.7× +17.48% (above 0%: growing) +18.88% (above 0%: growing) +122.94% (above 0%: growing) 36.52% 18.87% Compare
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. $2.0B 6.0× 14.2× −4.17% (below 0%: shrinking) +623.53% (above 0%: growing) +75.30% (above 0%: growing) 22.66% 41.19% Compare
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) $1.2B 11.1× 14.8× −31.59% (below 0%: shrinking) −68.23% (below 0%: shrinking) −412.32% (below 0%: shrinking) 14.07% 5.53% Compare
FSTR L.B. Foster Company $372.6M 31.5× 23.9× −3.49% (below 0%: shrinking) +7.14% (above 0%: growing) +83.84% (above 0%: growing) 22.28% 4.44% Compare
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. $202.3M — (loss-making) 4.4× −4.62% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +33.43% (above 0%: growing) 5.45% (3.80%) Compare
Median of peers $24.7B 27.1× 22.9× +3.96% +6.33% +56.25% 29.59% 25.66%

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CSX metrics, ten years each

CSX Corporation (CSX) key facts

  • Concern: CSX Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.1 billion, down 3.08% from fiscal 2024.
  • Concern: Net income was $2.9 billion, or $1.54 per share (basic), a net margin of 20.5%.
  • CSX Corporation (CSX) is a Railroads company in the Industrials sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 9, 2026, CSX traded at $47.26, a market capitalization of $87.7 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 27.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 6.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 90% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • CSX Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share, a yield of 1.16%, with a payout ratio of 31.8%.
  • Return on equity was 22.5% and debt-to-equity 1.34.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.32 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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