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CSX Corporation (CSX) vs Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL)

CSX Corporation and Freightcar America, Inc. are both Railroads companies. CSX Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $93.7B against $136.1M — 688.6× the size. Freightcar America, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; CSX Corporation trades at 26.3×. CSX Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.80% against −0.50%. CSX Corporation has the higher net margin (24.0% vs −2.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.8% vs 14.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Freightcar America, Inc. leads on 12 and CSX Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
P/E 26.27 n/m 26.90
P/S 6.27 0.29 2.50
P/B 6.52 3.70 3.70
Price to free cash flow 27.81 7.48 26.38
EV/EBITDA 15.67 7.05 13.48
EV/Sales 7.42 0.37 4.34
Earnings yield 3.81% (10.02%) 3.42%
Free cash flow yield 3.60% 13.37% 2.66%

Profitability

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
Gross margin 69.56% 12.50% 30.09%
Operating margin 36.40% 3.77% 24.36%
Net margin 23.97% (2.69%) 11.20%
Free cash flow margin 22.56% 3.86% 9.04%
Return on equity 26.39% 52.80% 12.18%
Return on assets 8.10% (4.13%) 4.21%
Return on invested capital 10.76% 14.75% 7.60%

Growth

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.80% (0.50%) 5.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (13.97%) 134.94% 11.38%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.89% 35.81% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.88% 0.00% 0.88%

Health

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
Debt to equity 1.31 2.78 0.99
Current ratio 0.84 1.81 1.16
Net debt to EBITDA 2.86 1.07 2.71

Dividend

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
Dividend yield 1.08% — 1.64%
Payout ratio 0.29 — 0.31

Size

Metric CSX RAIL Railroads median
Market cap 93.70b 136.08m 2.49b

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