CSX vs. NSC, ENB, CP, CNI, MPLX, KSU, RYAAY, BIP, VIK, and ZTO
Should you be buying CSX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSX include Norfolk Southern (NSC), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Mplx (MPLX), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Ryanair (RYAAY), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Viking (VIK), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO).
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Norfolk Southern had 15 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Norfolk Southern and 13 mentions for CSX. CSX's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Norfolk Southern's score of 0.33 indicating that CSX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Norfolk Southern. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Norfolk Southern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Norfolk Southern shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Norfolk Southern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Norfolk Southern received 262 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.49% of users gave CSX an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave Norfolk Southern an outperform vote.
CSX currently has a consensus target price of $38.80, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Norfolk Southern has a consensus target price of $264.24, indicating a potential upside of 2.67%. Given CSX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CSX is more favorable than Norfolk Southern.
CSX has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Norfolk Southern has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSX has a net margin of 24.52% compared to Norfolk Southern's net margin of 14.85%. CSX's return on equity of 29.11% beat Norfolk Southern's return on equity.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Norfolk Southern pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CSX pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Norfolk Southern pays out 87.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
Summary
CSX beats Norfolk Southern on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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