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CSX Corporation (CSX) vs Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)

CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation are both Railroads companies. CSX Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $93.7B against $74.0B — 1.3× the size. CSX Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 26.3× against 27.5×. Norfolk Southern Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.99% against 5.80%. CSX Corporation has the higher net margin (24.0% vs 20.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.8% vs 8.05%). Both pay a dividend; Norfolk Southern Corporation yields more (2.05% vs 1.08%). Across the 23 metrics below, CSX Corporation leads on 13 and Norfolk Southern Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
P/E 26.27 27.53 26.90
P/S 6.27 5.69 2.50
P/B 6.52 4.41 3.70
Price to free cash flow 27.81 37.57 26.38
EV/EBITDA 15.67 16.10 13.48
EV/Sales 7.42 6.85 4.34
Earnings yield 3.81% 3.63% 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 3.60% 2.66% 2.66%

Profitability

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
Gross margin 69.56% 67.59% 30.09%
Operating margin 36.40% 31.54% 24.36%
Net margin 23.97% 20.68% 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 22.56% 15.15% 9.04%
Return on equity 26.39% 16.82% 12.18%
Return on assets 8.10% 5.92% 4.21%
Return on invested capital 10.76% 8.05% 7.60%

Growth

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.80% 5.99% 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (13.97%) 10.20% 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.89% 4.47% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.88% 7.38% 0.88%

Health

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
Debt to equity 1.31 0.99 0.99
Current ratio 0.84 0.90 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 2.86 2.71 2.71

Dividend

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
Dividend yield 1.08% 2.05% 1.64%
Payout ratio 0.29 0.57 0.31

Size

Metric CSX NSC Railroads median
Market cap 93.70b 73.96b 2.49b

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