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CSX vs. JBHT, TSLA, UAL, CNI, CP, DAL, GATX, NSC, UNP, and ENB

Should you be buying CSX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSX include J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Tesla (TSLA), United Airlines (UAL), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Delta Air Lines (DAL), GATX (GATX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), and Enbridge (ENB).

CSX vs. Its Competitors

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CSX pays out 34.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. CSX has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, CSX had 21 more articles in the media than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for CSX and 32 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services. J.B. Hunt Transport Services' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat CSX's score of 0.47 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CSX
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
19 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CSX currently has a consensus target price of $39.09, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $166.30, suggesting a potential downside of 0.26%. Given CSX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CSX is more favorable than J.B. Hunt Transport Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

CSX has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CSX has higher revenue and earnings than J.B. Hunt Transport Services. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.B. Hunt Transport Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSX$14.54B4.55$3.47B$1.5323.22
J.B. Hunt Transport Services$12.09B1.34$570.89M$5.7728.90

CSX has a net margin of 20.55% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 4.75%. CSX's return on equity of 24.95% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CSX20.55% 24.95% 7.22%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 4.75%15.16%6.96%

Summary

CSX beats J.B. Hunt Transport Services on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CSX vs. The Competition

MetricCSXTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$66.89B$45.82B$7.21B$10.60B
Dividend Yield1.45%1.76%471.62%4.86%
P/E Ratio23.2211.2714.3224.06
Price / Sales4.555.83521.43128.87
Price / Cash12.8421.897.8760.64
Price / Book5.192.822.326.53
Net Income$3.47B$2.47B$558.42M$276.75M
7 Day Performance-1.28%0.60%-0.57%0.20%
1 Month Performance4.29%2.63%-2.76%1.67%
1 Year Performance5.78%5.28%13.64%32.73%

CSX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSX
CSX
4.7663 of 5 stars
$35.53
-1.1%
$39.09
+10.0%
+6.1%$66.89B$14.54B23.2223,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
4.3327 of 5 stars
$138.12
+0.8%
$159.67
+15.6%
-4.0%$13.37B$12.09B25.1133,646Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
TSLA
Tesla
4.3638 of 5 stars
$435.90
+5.4%
$363.03
-16.7%
+101.4%$1.45T$97.69B251.97125,665Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
UAL
United Airlines
4.9443 of 5 stars
$99.25
+2.7%
$120.64
+21.6%
+29.2%$32.13B$57.99B9.94107,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.5485 of 5 stars
$96.15
+1.8%
$113.90
+18.5%
-14.3%$59.69B$12.44B18.4925,428Short Interest ↓
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.1638 of 5 stars
$76.11
+1.6%
$91.38
+20.1%
-3.9%$69.02B$10.62B23.7119,797Upcoming Earnings
DAL
Delta Air Lines
4.9006 of 5 stars
$58.68
+2.1%
$70.31
+19.8%
+9.6%$38.32B$61.64B8.27100,000Positive News
Insider Trade
GATX
GATX
3.5008 of 5 stars
$170.87
+1.0%
$183.50
+7.4%
+17.7%$6.08B$1.59B19.552,150News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NSC
Norfolk Southern
3.8041 of 5 stars
$289.87
+0.5%
$293.80
+1.4%
+10.8%$65.11B$12.12B19.5919,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
UNP
Union Pacific
4.8144 of 5 stars
$225.81
+0.2%
$261.58
+15.8%
-6.7%$133.93B$24.25B19.6232,439Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ENB
Enbridge
4.0197 of 5 stars
$47.74
+0.1%
$60.50
+26.7%
+15.1%$104.10B$38.22B23.5114,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:CSX) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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