CSX Corporation (CSX)
CSX Corporation, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada.
Scored against other Industrials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
CSX is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It keeps a bigger share of each dollar it brings in than most other industrial companies.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other industrial companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 23 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About CSX Corporation
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. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations…
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- Employees
- 22,200
- Headquarters
- Jacksonville, FL
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 28.3 — lower than 40% of Industrials peers
P/B 6.4 — lower than 40% of Industrials peers
P/S 6.2 — lower than 8% of Industrials peers
EV/EBITDA 15.8 — lower than 38% of Industrials peers
EV/Revenue 7.5 — lower than 4% of Industrials peers
PEG 1.8 — lower than 50% of Industrials peers
FCF yield 2.2% — higher than 23% of Industrials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 47.1% — higher than 88% of Industrials peers
Operating margin 38.4% — higher than 96% of Industrials peers
Net margin 22.2% — higher than 96% of Industrials peers
ROE 24.4% — higher than 52% of Industrials peers
ROA 7.4% — higher than 73% of Industrials peers
Free cash flow is 61% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.4 — lower than 40% of Industrials peers
Current ratio 0.82 — higher than 19% of Industrials peers
Quick ratio 0.69 — higher than 42% of Industrials peers
Cash/debt 0.07 — higher than 19% of Industrials peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.85 — lower than 36% of Industrials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 10.1% YoY — higher than 54% of Industrials peers
Earnings growth 22.7% YoY — higher than 72% of Industrials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 31.4% — typical for Industrials peers
Net insider selling, -0.9% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -15.9% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.2% of shares outstanding
2.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Mixed vs its moving averages
75% of the way from its 52-week low to high