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CSX (CSX) Competitors

$31.92
+0.54 (+1.72%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$31.53
$32.19
50-Day Range
$28.25
$32.39
52-Week Range
$25.80
$34.71
Volume
10.74 million shs
Average Volume
13.30 million shs
Market Capitalization
$64.90 billion
P/E Ratio
15.72
Dividend Yield
1.38%
Price Target
$34.92

CSX vs. CP, CNI, NSC, UNP, FDX, ODFL, RYAAY, DAL, JBHT, and LUV

Should you be buying CSX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSX include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Delta Air Lines (DAL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.

CSX vs.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 456 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.48% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityOutperform Votes
962
70.48%
Underperform Votes
403
29.52%
CSXOutperform Votes
506
63.57%
Underperform Votes
290
36.43%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 21.7% 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 19 consecutive years. CSX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus price target of $89.40, suggesting a potential upside of 15.44%. CSX has a consensus price target of $34.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than CSX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

72.3% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 40.22% compared to CSX's net margin of 28.35%. CSX's return on equity of 33.01% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Pacific Kansas City 40.22% 9.53% 4.98%
CSX 28.35% 33.01% 10.14%

CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Pacific Kansas City$6.78 billion10.77$2.71 billion$3.0225.96
CSX$14.85 billion4.38$4.17 billion$2.0315.77

In the previous week, CSX had 8 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CSX and 7 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat CSX's score of 0.33 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CSX
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

CSX beats Canadian Pacific Kansas City on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricCSXRailroads, line IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$65.10B$62.58B$7.63B$6.25B
Dividend Yield1.43%2.18%8.65%6.35%
P/E Ratio15.7728.4823.0211.42
Price / Sales4.383.9112.1387.79
Price / Cash11.5611.4813.00108.39
Price / Book5.284.861.886.95
Net Income$4.17B$3.66B$737.18M$193.37M
7 Day Performance3.93%2.14%0.80%1.44%
1 Month Performance3.06%1.66%0.66%4.45%
1 Year Performance-1.75%-4.40%-3.50%0.53%

CSX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
2.0526 of 5 stars
$77.15
+0.1%
$89.40
+15.9%
+4.4%$71.83B$6.78B25.5512,754
CNI
Canadian National Railway
2.3385 of 5 stars
$114.36
+0.3%
$143.22
+25.2%
+0.9%$75.86B$13.16B18.9723,971Analyst Downgrade
NSC
Norfolk Southern
2.6687 of 5 stars
$211.19
+0.3%
$242.48
+14.8%
-12.3%$48.08B$12.75B16.2319,300
UNP
Union Pacific
2.6779 of 5 stars
$194.26
+0.6%
$217.41
+11.9%
-11.6%$118.55B$24.88B17.1633,179Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
FDX
FedEx
3.1192 of 5 stars
$226.10
+0.9%
$243.81
+7.8%
-0.6%$56.83B$93.51B19.53249,000
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight Line
1.745 of 5 stars
$317.58
+0.6%
$333.89
+5.1%
+23.4%$34.82B$6.26B26.1223,471Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RYAAY
Ryanair
2.4419 of 5 stars
$105.29
-1.1%
$43.25
-58.9%
+24.1%$23.98B$11.23B18.0319,116Analyst Report
DAL
Delta Air Lines
2.8483 of 5 stars
$36.28
+1.1%
$49.38
+36.1%
-8.0%$23.32B$50.58B12.3095,000Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
JBHT
J.B. Hunt Transport Services
2.2007 of 5 stars
$171.25
+0.6%
$189.67
+10.8%
-2.1%$17.75B$14.81B19.4637,151
LUV
Southwest Airlines
2.8324 of 5 stars
$29.80
+0.5%
$44.71
+50.1%
-34.0%$17.73B$23.81B29.8066,656

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