CSX · CSX Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $90.18B |
| P/E | 27.98 |
| Float | 1.85B |
| Beta | 1.13 |
| Volatility | 28.3% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Road & Rail |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 84.9 |
| Price | 48.15 |
| Change | −1.09% |
| Prev Close | 48.68 |
| Open | 48.94 |
| Day Low | 48.35 |
| Day High | 49.22 |
| Avg Vol | 8 |
| Avg $ Vol | $396.2M |
| 52W High | 53.60 |
| 52W Low | 33.63 |
| 52W Pos | 72.7% |
| From High | −10.17% |
| From Low | +43.18% |
| Max DD 1Y | −13.60% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +1.89% |
| SMA 50 | −1.31% |
| SMA 200 | +7.34% |
| RSI (14) | 58.5 |
| Vol 30D | 16.4% |
| Vol 90D | 20.8% |
| 1Y Range | 34–54 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +3.00% |
| Perf Month | +1.63% |
| Perf Quarter | −2.85% |
| Perf Half Y | +12.37% |
| Perf Year | +34.33% |
| Perf YTD | +32.75% |
| Prev Day | −1.09% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 1.16 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.81 |
| Int Cover | 6.0× |
| FCF Margin | 12.1% |
| Rev Growth | −3.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 4 / 14 |
What CSX does
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.
It also transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, minerals, automotive, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities.
In addition, the company provides intermodal services through a network of approximately 30 terminals transporting manufactured consumer goods in containers; and drayage services, including the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments.
It serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations, as well as connects non-rail served customers through transferring products, such as plastics and ethanol from rail to trucks.
The company operates approximately 20,000 route mile rail network, which serves various population centers in 26 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as owns 3400 locomotives.
It serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayCSX grades A-, 84.9 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (70), most exposed on News Sentiment (54, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Road & Rail median. Ranks 4 of 14 in Road & Rail by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| CSX | Road & Rail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.13 | 1.15 |
| Volatilityannualized | 28.3% | 28.9% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −13.6% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.78% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 6 (2%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| CSX | Road & Rail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.13 | 1.15 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 47% of 15 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Road & Rail names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| CSX | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.0% |
| 1 month | +1.6% |
| Year to date | +32.8% |
| 1 year | +34.3% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| CSX | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 24 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 46 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 7 · 13 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 7 ↑ 13 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Road & Rail names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| CSX | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | −3.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Road & Rail median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openCSX announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Cory retired effective October 12, 2026, and will stay on through May 8, 2027 to help with the transition. Senior operations leaders Doug Ryhorchuk and Casey Albright will now report directly to CEO Steve Angel instead of to a COO. (The article text provided was cut off, so additional details from the piece could not be reviewed.)
An analyst piece evaluating whether CSX's current $47.76 share price is supported by the railroad's long-term cash generation, noting the recent move to make the Berkshire Flyer service permanent and new safety training investment as factors feeding into future cash flows. CSX has returned 58.8% over the past three years.
CSX said its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Michael A. Cory, is retiring, triggering a senior management transition in the company's railroad operations.
CSX Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Cory is retiring after joining the railroad in September 2023, following a previous retirement from CN in 2019. Rather than naming a successor, the company said two senior operations executives will now report directly to CEO Steve Angel during a transition period that extends to May 8, 2027.
CSX filed an 8-K on October 12, 2026 announcing that Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Michael A. Cory is retiring. He stepped down from the EVP/COO role immediately but will stay on through May 8, 2027 in a transition role, continuing to receive his $780,000 annual base salary during that period subject to a release of claims and a non-compete agreement.
Nearest peers by size
Road & Rail| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co | A | $103.8B | 21.71 | 0.88 | Compare |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd | A- | $108.5B | 28.05 | 0.66 | Compare |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corp | A- | $73.43B | 27.86 | 1.20 | Compare |
| UBER | Uber Technologies Inc | B- | $143.7B | 15.00 | 1.31 | Compare |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corp | A- | $171.7B | 23.43 | 0.87 | Compare |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line Inc | B+ | $38.92B | 35.73 | 1.15 | Compare |
| XPO | XPO Inc | B | $23.40B | 52.48 | 1.93 | Compare |
| FDXF | FedEx Freight Holding Company Inc | — | $22.96B | 16.59 | -0.72 | Compare |
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