CSX vs. ENB, CP, CNI, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, PAC, and ZTO
Should you be buying CSX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSX include Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (PAC), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
CSX vs. Its Competitors
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, CSX had 21 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for CSX and 20 mentions for Enbridge. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat CSX's score of 0.64 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than CSX. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enbridge currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.09%. CSX has a consensus target price of $34.14, suggesting a potential upside of 1.99%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than CSX.
CSX has a net margin of 22.66% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.16%. CSX's return on equity of 26.42% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Enbridge pays out 140.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CSX pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and CSX has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CSX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CSX beats Enbridge on 11 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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This page (NASDAQ:CSX) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
