CSX (CSX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CSX in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CSX shares.
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18 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for CSX's stock. Their CSX share price targets range from $25.00 to $44.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $37.72 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% from the stock's current price.
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CSX's stock was trading at $34.67 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CSX shares have decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $34.39.
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CSX saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,090,000 shares, an increase of 7.3% from the March 15th total of 23,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,700,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 18th 2024.
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CSX Co. (NASDAQ:CSX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 17th. The transportation company reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.01. The transportation company had revenue of $3.68 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.66 billion. CSX had a net margin of 25.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 30.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.48 EPS.
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CSX declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.11.
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CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.38%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 26.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CSX will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) stock in their portfolio include Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF (SHPP), ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (INFR), ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL), iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT), Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-Term Reversal Strategy ETF (UTRN), First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR), TCW Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP) and Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (TPOR).

CSX's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, June 29th 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, June 4th 2021. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, June 28th 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

271 employees have rated CSX Chief Executive Officer Jim Foote on Glassdoor.com. Jim Foote has an approval rating of 12% among the company's employees. This puts Jim Foote in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 35.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at CSX to a friend.

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

CSX's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Jacobs & Co. CA (0.02%), Czech National Bank (0.02%), Trust Co. of Virginia VA (0.02%) and Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Angela C Williams, David M Moffett, Diana B Sorfleet, John J Zillmer, Juan Andres, Mark Kenneth Wallace, Nathan D Goldman, Nathan D Goldman and Paul C Hilal.
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Shares of CSX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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