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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-22-2026

CSX Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | CSX

Brief overview of CSX Corporation's valuation and returns

Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2021–2025 interval.

The current valuation set is P/E 26.39x (median 20.26x), EV/EBITDA 14.44x (median 31.44x), P/S 5.41x (median 5.07x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only +6.7%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 3.8%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

Current measures of operating quality are ROE 22%, ROA 6.6%, ROCE 34.4%. Profitability forms a strong profile, with capital and assets producing substantial returns.

On PEG (4.13x), valuation is stretched relative to growth and requires strong execution.

The cash cycle changed only slightly and ended at -92.8 days.

Overall picture

CSX Corporation's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.

Annual Financial Ratios CSX Corporation

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

P/E

 26.4 17.8 20.3 16.5 20.4 23.6 54.1 49.2 27.7 79.7 33.6 53.7 43.0 36.6 38.2 4.2 3.9 2.2 0.0 -

P/S

 5.4 4.3 5.1 4.6 6.1 6.2 15.1 13.3 13.3 12.3 5.6 8.2 6.7 5.8 5.9 2.3 1.9 0.3 0.0 -

EPS

 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.4 3.9 6.0 1.8 2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.0 3.4 3.1 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 106 B 91.2 B 103 B 94.9 B 102 B 88.7 B 85.6 B 77.5 B 71.2 B 68.6 B 44.5 B 55.7 B 47.4 B 43.5 B 43.4 B 24.7 B 21.5 B 20.6 B -366 M -461 M

EBITDA per Share

 3.32 3.56 3.54 3.49 3.12 2.5 2.68 2.49 1.91 1.62 1.62 1.59 1.5 1.48 1.44 3.52 2.7 9.11 7.3 K -

EV/EBITDA

 17.1 13.2 14.5 12.7 14.4 36.5 31.4 28.9 32.1 31.9 15.9 23.6 19.3 16.9 17.6 6.1 6.8 5.6 -0.1 -

PEG

 4.13 2.8 2.59 1.21 1.37 2.41 8.3 -1.44 0.12 -8.3 8.41 10.46 18.4 5.35 2.02 - - - - -

P/B

 5.8 4.9 6.2 5.4 5.7 5.0 15.2 12.9 10.3 11.7 5.7 9.3 7.6 7.6 8.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 - -

P/CF

 16.5 11.8 13.5 12.2 15.1 15.3 56.5 56.2 106.0 212.3 81.8 115.8 84.0 112.4 58.3 2.0 2.2 1.1 0.0 -

ROE %

 21.95 27.74 30.60 32.99 28.01 21.09 28.08 26.30 37.16 14.68 16.89 17.28 17.78 20.68 21.55 17.77 13.04 16.97 15.48 -

ROA %

 6.61 8.11 8.69 9.87 9.33 6.95 8.71 9.01 15.31 4.84 5.66 5.83 5.86 6.08 6.18 5.55 4.25 5.15 - -

ROCE %

 34.35 41.94 45.88 47.75 41.44 33.27 13.50 13.71 11.15 9.88 10.93 11.68 11.83 12.37 12.76 34.91 25.89 34.45 26.18 -

Current Ratio

 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.4 - -

DSO

 34.0 34.1 33.7 30.2 30.0 32.7 30.1 30.1 31.0 30.9 30.3 32.5 31.9 29.9 35.1 128.8 165.4 18.0 - -

DIO

 - - - - - - 13.5 12.8 17.8 53.0 38.8 24.3 23.4 26.1 22.5 - - - - -

DPO

 126.8 135.8 141.5 132.4 126.8 148.6 53.9 46.3 40.5 104.9 84.7 75.2 88.9 96.7 107.4 124.2 134.7 60.1 - -

Operating Cycle

 34.0 34.1 33.7 30.2 30.0 32.7 43.6 42.9 48.8 83.9 69.1 56.8 55.3 56.0 57.6 128.8 165.3 17.9 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 -92.8 -101.7 -107.8 -102.2 -96.8 -115.8 -10.3 -3.4 8.3 -21.0 -15.5 -18.4 -33.5 -40.7 -49.9 4.6 30.7 -42.1 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios CSX Corporation

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1 2009-Q3 2009-Q2 2009-Q1

EPS

 0.54 0.43 0.37 0.44 0.34 0.46 0.5 0.45 0.42 0.49 0.48 - - 0.55 0.39 0.42 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.33 0.32 0.22 0.33 0.99 1.08 1.08 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.02 0.78 4.63 0.51 0.55 0.39 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.37 0.48 0.52 0.56 0.45 0.49 0.51 0.53 0.4 0.42 0.45 0.51 0.45 0.44 0.42 0.48 0.46 0.46 0.43 0.46 0.37 1.09 1.08 0.78 0.75 0.79 0.63

EBITDA per Share

 1.03 0.9 0.81 0.92 0.78 0.91 0.96 0.89 0.85 0.93 0.9 - - 0.96 0.75 0.62 0.81 0.9 0.63 1.59 0.65 0.51 1.97 - 2.06 2.04 1.9 - 1.91 1.87 1.54 - 1.33 1.4 1.17 - 1.23 1.22 1.06 - 1.26 1.33 1.15 - 1.27 1.28 1.01 - 1.1 1.19 1.13 - 1.05 1.13 1.11 - 1.05 1.06 0.93 2.8 2.6 2.21 2.11 2.07 1.91

ROE %

 25.19 23.39 24.35 26.55 26.92 28.69 29.93 30.30 32.19 31.63 30.40 22.39 22.39 29.74 29.51 28.23 27.11 25.37 20.45 21.09 21.79 23.39 26.92 28.08 28.28 28.17 27.81 26.30 47.73 43.74 40.23 37.16 12.96 13.73 14.07 14.66 14.73 15.19 16.12 16.87 17.27 17.48 17.47 17.24 16.90 16.68 16.91 17.75 18.60 19.13 19.68 20.62 21.33 21.94 22.36 21.81 20.98 20.34 17.86 16.44 15.29 13.46 3.37 3.64 3.00

ROA %

 7.60 6.85 7.30 7.72 8.19 6.70 9.08 6.80 9.72 9.82 9.73 7.35 7.35 9.76 9.77 9.39 9.00 8.43 6.76 6.95 7.05 7.44 8.46 8.71 8.99 9.18 9.30 9.01 18.30 17.15 16.19 15.31 5.02 5.02 4.85 4.84 4.89 5.06 5.40 5.66 5.80 5.88 5.89 5.83 5.68 5.58 5.62 5.86 5.99 5.98 5.97 6.09 6.26 6.40 6.49 6.29 6.18 6.16 5.58 5.29 4.91 4.29 1.08 1.15 0.93

ROCE %

 38.80 36.66 37.90 40.86 41.24 43.52 45.20 45.59 47.80 46.69 44.66 32.79 32.79 43.70 43.32 41.76 40.91 38.71 32.44 33.27 33.73 35.88 40.56 41.85 42.05 41.48 40.68 38.70 36.42 32.04 28.35 25.27 26.21 27.50 28.18 28.98 27.17 27.98 29.51 30.72 32.00 32.74 32.94 32.33 32.01 31.27 31.30 33.06 34.24 35.40 36.64 38.35 39.70 40.90 41.58 40.82 40.10 38.70 34.97 32.52 29.85 27.26 6.88 6.88 6.36

Current Ratio

 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 - 1.4 - 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 - 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4

DSO

 33.0 36.1 35.4 35.2 18.0 18.0 17.6 17.3 34.8 33.4 33.1 - - 33.1 32.4 32.9 34.9 35.7 33.4 29.5 31.4 36.9 30.3 31.2 30.2 29.4 30.2 29.3 29.4 29.7 31.4 30.9 32.3 30.2 30.3 28.2 31.6 31.6 33.5 32.2 30.5 29.2 31.8 32.3 32.0 31.8 33.0 31.7 32.2 31.5 33.4 32.7 30.3 29.1 32.4 34.7 34.8 34.1 34.6 33.2 32.7 34.8 36.1 38.5 -

DPO

 122.2 138.2 146.5 149.3 73.1 67.5 71.0 68.1 140.8 141.7 147.2 - - 140.4 132.7 - 133.8 141.0 130.4 - 128.6 145.6 139.4 - 149.2 146.9 135.2 - 124.6 129.4 117.7 - 106.6 102.9 94.9 - 96.5 98.2 90.0 - 88.6 84.5 83.5 - 91.2 95.3 101.0 - 110.4 112.4 113.3 - 122.7 124.4 116.6 - 136.8 137.0 126.9 118.8 117.3 118.5 67.3 - -

Operating Cycle

 - 36.1 35.4 35.2 - - - - - 33.4 33.1 - - 33.1 32.4 32.9 34.9 35.7 33.4 29.5 31.4 36.9 30.3 31.2 30.2 29.4 30.2 29.3 29.4 29.7 31.4 30.9 32.3 30.2 30.3 28.2 31.6 31.6 33.5 32.2 30.5 29.2 31.8 32.3 32.0 31.8 33.0 31.7 32.2 31.5 33.4 32.7 30.3 29.1 32.4 34.7 34.8 34.1 - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - -102.0 -111.2 -114.1 - - - - - -108.3 -114.1 - - -107.3 -100.3 32.9 -98.9 -105.3 -97.0 29.5 -97.2 -108.7 -109.1 31.2 -119.0 -117.5 -105.0 29.3 -95.2 -99.7 -86.3 30.9 -74.3 -72.7 -64.5 28.2 -64.9 -66.5 -56.5 32.2 -58.1 -55.2 -51.7 32.3 -59.3 -63.5 -68.0 31.7 -78.2 -80.9 -80.0 32.7 -92.4 -95.2 -84.2 34.7 -102.0 -102.9 - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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