profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
CSX
$52.05-0.67% today
+49.2% in 1 year
1-year low $33.681-year high $53.23
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $33.21 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What CSX sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $14.9 billion in 2022 to $14.1 billion in 2025, with $2.89 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
CSX handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.4B$972M
Free cash flow 2025$1.7B
Bought back its own shares$1.4B
Paid as dividends$972M
Cash vs. debt$670M vs. $19.4B
CSX vs. similar companies
CSX grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSX | 33.2× · Expensive | ||
 Union Pacific | 25.2× · Fair price | ||
 Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Canadian National Railway | 23.1× · Fair price | ||
 Norfolk Southern | 25.6× · Fair price |
Compare CSX with Canadian Pacific Kansas City · Cintas · Fastenal · Norfolk Southern · RELX · Trane Technologies · Union Pacific
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads CSX's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,583 | 12,522 | 14,853 | 14,657 | 14,540 | 14,092 | |
| – | – | 5,716 | 5,499 | 5,353 | 4,685 | |
| 4,362 | 5,594 | 5,795 | 5,528 | 5,403 | 4,718 | |
| 5,745 | 7,014 | 7,589 | 7,245 | 7,045 | 6,293 | |
| 2,765 | 3,781 | 4,114 | 3,668 | 3,470 | 2,889 | |
| 1.20 | 1.68 | 1.95 | 1.85 | 1.79 | 1.54 | |
| – | – | 38.5% | 37.5% | 36.8% | 33.2% | |
| 41.2% | 44.7% | 39.0% | 37.7% | 37.2% | 33.5% | |
| 26.1% | 30.2% | 27.7% | 25.0% | 23.9% | 20.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 39,793 | 40,531 | 41,912 | 42,212 | 42,764 | 43,682 |
| Cash | 3,129 | 2,239 | 1,958 | 1,353 | 933 | 670 |
| Total debt | 17,205 | 16,908 | 18,535 | 19,024 | 18,989 | 19,352 |
| Total liabilities | 26,683 | 27,031 | 29,287 | 30,227 | 30,257 | 30,522 |
| 13,110 | 13,451 | 12,615 | 11,980 | 12,502 | 13,155 | |
| 2,305 | 2,255 | 2,141 | 2,013 | 1,943 | 1,873 | |
| 11.4% | 14.6% | 15.4% | 14.4% | 13.5% | 11.2% | |
| 21.1% | 28.1% | 32.6% | 30.6% | 27.8% | 22.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,263 | 5,099 | 5,526 | 5,514 | 5,247 | 4,613 | |
| 1,626 | 1,791 | 2,113 | 2,257 | 2,529 | 2,902 | |
| 2,637 | 3,308 | 3,413 | 3,257 | 2,718 | 1,711 | |
| Dividends paid | 797 | 839 | 852 | 882 | 930 | 972 |
| 867 | 2,886 | 4,731 | 3,482 | 2,237 | 1,396 | |
| 29 | 107 | 74 | 60 | 40 | 54 |
Valuation
- 33.2×
- 27.4×
- 6.49
- 7.2×
- 6.8×
- 56.1×
- 18.2×
- 1.8%
- 3.0%
- 1.2%
Profitability
- 33.2%
- 33.5%
- 20.5%
- 45.7%
- 11.5%
- 14.0%
- 23.5%
- 6.9%
- 11.5%
- –
Growth
- +5.9%
- +5.1%
- −37.0%
- +8.4%
- −4.4%
Financial health
- 3.0×
- 1.47
- 43.7%
- 5.5×
- 0.81
- 0.83
- 0.32
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 28%of 978
Top 3%of 985
Bottom 24%of 866
Bottom 44%of 984
Bottom 29%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $43.08
- Range
- $30.00 – $50.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 0.43 | 0.39 | +10.5% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 0.39 | 0.41 | −5.1% |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 0.44 | 0.42 | +3.7% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 0.44 | 0.42 | +5.8% |
| Apr 16, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.37 | −6.8% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 0.42 | 0.44 | −4.5% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 0.46 | 0.48 | −4.2% |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 0.49 | 0.48 | +2.1% |
1.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$12a year at today's yield, before tax
+8.4%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.23 in 2015 → $0.52 in 2025
How safe it looks
33.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 56.8%
News
Is CSX Stock Riskier Than It Looks?Yahoo Finance · Oct 27, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
42No pass
Benjamin Graham
35No pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
28No pass
Joel Greenblatt
22No pass
Charlie Munger
50No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about CSX
Is CSX a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the CSX AI analysis
What does CSX do?
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: rail and trucking. It is in Railroads, based in Jacksonville, FL, United States, with 22,200 employees.
Does CSX pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.2% a year, about 34% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $972 million in dividends.
Is CSX stock halal?
Yes. CSX passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has CSX stock done over the past year?
Up 49.2% over the past twelve months, to $52.05. It traded between $33.68 and $53.23 and is 2.2% below its high.
Who are CSX's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Canadian National Railway and Norfolk Southern. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with CSX's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.