CSX (CSX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CSX Corporation is a transportation company whose primary business is freight railroading through its CSX Transportation subsidiary. The company operates an extensive rail network across the eastern United States, serving major industrial centers, population hubs, ports and distribution markets.

CSX transports a broad range of products, including chemicals, agricultural and food products, forest products, minerals, metals, automotive goods and other manufactured merchandise. Its services also include intermodal transportation, which combines rail service with trucks and containers, as well as the movement of coal and other bulk commodities.

The company traces its roots to the formation of CSX Corporation in 1980 through the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries. Today, CSX connects approximately two dozen states east of the Mississippi River with the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec through its rail and intermodal operations, linking customers with domestic and international supply chains.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $48.36 to $49.22
• 50-Day Range: $45.99 to $51.76
• 52-Week Range: $33.63 to $53.60
• Volume: 9.83 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.53 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $90.18 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.14
• Dividend Yield: 1.15%
• Price Target: $51.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

CSX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CSX scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 223rd out of 654 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

CSX has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for CSX is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CSX has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.06%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CSX are expected to grow by 12.06% in the coming year, from $1.99 to $2.23 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CSX is 27.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.88.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CSX is 27.04, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CSX has a PEG Ratio of 2.30. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CSX has a P/B Ratio of 6.89. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.33% of the float of CSX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CSX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.62, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CSX has recently increased by 5.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

CSX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CSX has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CSX is 32.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CSX will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.11% next year. This indicates that CSX will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.40

News Sentiment

CSX has a news sentiment score of 0.40. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for CSX this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

31 people have searched for CSX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 48% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

18 people have added CSX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 350% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CSX insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,283,540.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.30% of the stock of CSX is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

73.57% of the stock of CSX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Record date for 12/15 Dividend: 11/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend: 11/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Ground Transportation
• Sub-Industry: Rail Transportation
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CSX
• CIK: 277948
• Web: www.csx.com
• Phone: (904) 359-3200
• Fax: 804-782-1409
• Employees: 23,000
• Year Founded: 1827

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CSX: $51.17
• High Price Target: $60.00
• Low Price Target: $32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.64
• Research Coverage: 25 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 27.04
• Forward P/E Ratio: 24.46
• P/E Growth: 2.3
• Net Income: $2.89 billion
• Net Margins: 22.21%
• Pretax Margin: 28.95%
• Return on Equity: 24.98%
• Return on Assets: 7.61%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.22
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.72

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $14.09 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.40
• Cash Flow: $2.61 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.66
• Book Value: $7.07 per share
• Price / Book: 6.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,852,470,000
• Free Float: 1,846,918,000
• Market Cap: $90.18 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.21