CSX Corporation is a railroads business based in the US. CSX Corporation shares (CSX) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $28.70 – an increase of 2.98% over the previous week. CSX Corporation employs 23,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $14.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $28.70 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $26.22 - $36.83 |
| 50-day moving average | $29.65 |
| 200-day moving average | $32.82 |
| Wall St. target price | $32.81 |
| PE ratio | 16.7083 |
| Dividend yield | $0.49 (1.85%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.68 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $28.7 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-25) | 3.09% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 5.48% |
| 3 months (2025-02-05) | -12.71% |
| 6 months (2024-11-05) | -15.64% |
| 1 year (2024-05-03) | -15.21% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-04) | -5.71% |
| 3 years (2022-05-04) | 34.0661 |
| 5 years (2020-05-04) | 44.18% |
Valuing CSX Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of CSX Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
CSX Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, CSX Corporation shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
CSX Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8889. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into CSX Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
CSX Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a CSX Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $14.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 30.62% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.45% |
| Return on equity TTM | 26.12% |
| Profit margin | 22.66% |
| Book value | $6.48 |
| Market Capitalization | $52.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like CSX Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 21.09
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and CSX Corporation's overall score of 21.09 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 30th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like CSX Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 5.48/100
CSX Corporation's environmental score of 5.48 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that CSX Corporation is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 11.87/100
CSX Corporation's social score of 11.87 puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that CSX Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 4.74/100
CSX Corporation's governance score puts it squarely in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that CSX Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. CSX Corporation scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that CSX Corporation hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
CSX Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 21.09 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 30.24 |
| Environmental score | 5.48 |
| Environmental score percentile | 3 |
| Social score | 11.87 |
| Social score percentile | 3 |
| Governance score | 4.74 |
| Governance score percentile | 3 |
| Level of controversy | 3 |
Dividend payout ratio: 23% of net profits
Recently CSX Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), CSX Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In CSX Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.49 per share.
While CSX Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that CSX Corporation is investing more in its future growth.
CSX Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 13 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 27 February 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
CSX Corporation's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 28 June 2021 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your CSX Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for CSX Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted CSX Corporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, CSX Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $26.2184 up to $36.8281. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while CSX Corporation's is 1.223. This would suggest that CSX Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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 and leases approximately 3,500 locomotives.
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