NASDAQ:CSX - CSX Stock Price, Forecast & News

CSX trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CSX."

CSX announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View CSX's Dividend History.

CSX declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, January 16th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 9.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

CSX Co. (NASDAQ:CSX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The transportation company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.02. The transportation company earned $2.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.94 billion. CSX had a return on equity of 27.49% and a net margin of 27.91%. CSX's quarterly revenue was down 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.01 EPS. View CSX's Earnings History.

CSX is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CSX.

23 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for CSX's stock. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate CSX's stock price to reach $77.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CSX.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CSX in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 16 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CSX.

News stories about CSX stock have been trending very positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CSX earned a media sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the transportation company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for CSX.

CSX saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 9,030,000 shares, an increase of 18.2% from the November 28th total of 7,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View CSX's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to CSX include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Norfolk Southern (NSC), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CSX investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Procter & Gamble (PG), General Electric (GE) and Walt Disney (DIS).

CSX's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Park National Corp OH (0.03%), Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.03%) and Heritage Investors Management Corp (0.03%). Company insiders that own CSX stock include Angela C Williams, James M Foote, Nathan D Goldman, Ridge Lp Mantle and Steven T Halverson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CSX.

CSX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFP Advisors Inc, Gibraltar Capital Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold CSX company stock in the last year include Angela C Williams, Nathan D Goldman, Ridge Lp Mantle and Steven T Halverson. View Insider Buying and Selling for CSX.

CSX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Calamos Wealth Management LLC, Winmill & CO. Inc., Sciencast Management LP, 55I LLC, Brightworth, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Sonora Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for CSX.

Shares of CSX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CSX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.64.

CSX has a market capitalization of $59.96 billion and generates $11.94 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $3.33 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.17 on an earnings per share basis. CSX employs 22,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CSX.

The official website for CSX is http://www.csx.com/.

CSX's mailing address is 500 WATER STREET 15TH FLOOR, JACKSONVILLE FL, 32202. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 904-359-3200.