Trending NewsTrending NewsMost-Downgraded StocksMost-DowngradedNASDAQ:CSX CSX (CSX) Stock Price, News & Analysis $31.23 +0.02 (+0.06%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock About CSX Stock (NASDAQ:CSX) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get CSX alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$31.02▼$31.3550-Day Range$26.69▼$31.3252-Week Range$26.22▼$37.10Volume14.97 million shsAverage Volume12.85 million shsMarket Capitalization$58.67 billionP/E Ratio17.45Dividend Yield1.67%Price Target$33.90Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewCSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. 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. It serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.Read More… CSX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks88th Percentile Overall ScoreCSX MarketRank™: CSX scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 25th out of 126 stocks in the transportation sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.3 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingCSX has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on 13 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageCSX has been the subject of 14 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about CSX's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth14.21% Earnings GrowthEarnings for CSX are expected to grow by 14.21% in the coming year, from $1.83 to $2.09 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of CSX is 17.45, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.13.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of CSX is 17.45, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Transportation sector average P/E ratio of about 14.12.Price to Earnings Growth RatioCSX has a PEG Ratio of 1.92. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioCSX has a P/B Ratio of 4.81. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about CSX's valuation and earnings. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.52% of the outstanding shares of CSX have been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCSX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in CSX has recently decreased by 7.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend4.2 / 5Dividend StrengthStrong Dividend YieldCSX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.66%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthCSX has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of CSX is 31.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, CSX will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.88% next year. This indicates that CSX will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.Read more about CSX's dividend. Sustainability and ESG0.6 / 5Environmental Score-7.32 Percentage of Shares Shorted1.52% of the outstanding shares of CSX have been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverCSX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in CSX has recently decreased by 7.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. News and Social Media2.8 / 5News Sentiment1.06 News SentimentCSX has a news sentiment score of 1.06. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Transportation companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 47 news articles for CSX this week, compared to 26 articles on an average week.Search InterestOnly 10 people have searched for CSX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat FollowsOnly 9 people have added CSX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership1.7 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, CSX insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.55% of the stock of CSX is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions73.57% of the stock of CSX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.Read more about CSX's insider trading history. 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Email Address CSX Stock News HeadlinesMan Fatally Hit By CSX Freight TrainMay 20 at 5:13 PM | msn.comIs CSX Corporation's (NASDAQ:CSX) 27% ROE Better Than Average?May 20 at 12:11 PM | finance.yahoo.comTrump’s treachery Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.May 20, 2025 | Porter & Company (Ad)CSX Corporation (CSX) Presents at Wolfe Research 18th Annual Global Transportation & Industrials Conference (Transcript)May 20 at 11:14 AM | seekingalpha.comCSX: Balancing Short-Term Challenges with Long-Term Growth Prospects and Regulatory TailwindsMay 20 at 7:59 AM | tipranks.comCanadian Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - May 17thMay 19 at 2:03 AM | americanbankingnews.comCanadian Stocks To Watch Today - May 16thMay 18 at 2:03 AM | americanbankingnews.com500+ Unicoi County students receive new shoes through CSX donationMay 16, 2025 | msn.comSee More Headlines CSX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have CSX shares performed this year? CSX's stock was trading at $32.27 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, CSX stock has decreased by 3.2% and is now trading at $31.23. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were CSX's earnings last quarter? CSX Co. (NASDAQ:CSX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 16th. The transportation company reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.05. The transportation company earned $3.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.53 billion. CSX had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.15% and a net margin of 23.95%. Read the conference call transcript. When did CSX's stock split? CSX shares split on the morning of Tuesday, June 29th 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, June 4th 2021. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, June 28th 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split. Who are CSX's major shareholders? CSX's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.51%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.36%) and Ameriprise Financial Inc. (1.25%). View institutional ownership trends. How do I buy shares of CSX? Shares of CSX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of CSX own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that CSX investors own include Symbotic (SYM), JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ), American Water Works (AWK), Humana (HUM), BlackRock (BLK), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Waste Connections (WCN). Company Calendar Record date for 3/14 Dividend2/28/2025Ex-Dividend for 3/14 Dividend2/28/2025Dividend Payable3/14/2025Last Earnings4/16/2025Today5/20/2025Record date for 6/13 Dividend5/30/2025Ex-Dividend for 6/13 Dividend5/30/2025Dividend Payable6/13/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)8/04/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorTransportation Industry Railroads, line - haul operating Sub-IndustryTransportation Current SymbolNASDAQ:CSX CIK277948 Webwww.csx.com Phone(904) 359-3200Fax804-782-1409Employees22,500Year Founded1827Price Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$33.90 High Stock Price Target$38.00 Low Stock Price Target$28.00 Potential Upside/Downside+8.8%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.65 Research Coverage20 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.67 Trailing P/E Ratio17.43 Forward P/E Ratio17.02 P/E Growth1.92Net Income$3.47 billion Net Margins23.95% Pretax Margin31.33% Return on Equity28.15% Return on Assets8.34% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.43 Current Ratio0.86 Quick Ratio1.23 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$14.28 billion Price / Sales4.10 Cash Flow$2.65 per share Price / Cash Flow11.77 Book Value$6.49 per share Price / Book4.80Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares1,878,546,000Free Float1,917,813,000Market Cap$58.53 billion OptionableOptionable Beta1.22 Social Links 20 High-Yield Dividend Stocks that Could Ruin Your RetirementAlmost everyone loves strong dividend-paying stocks, but high yields can signal danger. 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