CSX (CSX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CSX in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CSX shares.
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24 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for CSX's stock. Their CSX share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $35.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% from the stock's current price.
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CSX's stock was trading at $30.98 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CSX shares have decreased by 0.7% and is now trading at $30.75.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 19th 2023.
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CSX Co. (NASDAQ:CSX) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 20th. The transportation company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.49. The transportation company earned $3.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.73 billion. CSX had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.82% and a net margin of 27.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.50 EPS.
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CSX declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.11 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) stock in their portfolio include Engine No. 1 Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP), Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF (SHPP), ProShares Supply Chain Logistics ETF (SUPL), ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (INFR), iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT), First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF (FTXR), BrandywineGLOBALDynamic US Large Cap Value ETF (DVAL) and Direxion Daily Transportation Bull 3X Shares (TPOR).

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.43%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 22.22%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CSX will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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CSX shares split on the morning of Tuesday, June 29th 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, June 4th 2021. The newly issued shares were distributed 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 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CSX."

CSX's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.66%), Capital World Investors (4.38%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.94%), Capital International Investors (1.56%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.43%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.08%). 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CSX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.75.

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) has a market capitalization of $61.69 billion and generates $14.85 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $4.17 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.98 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 22,500 workers across the globe.

CSX's mailing address is 500 WATER STREET 15TH FLOOR, JACKSONVILLE FL, 32202. The official website for the company is www.csx.com. The transportation company can be reached via phone at (904) 359-3200 or via fax at 804-782-1409.