CSXCSX Corporation

$49.01

Is the price fair?

What CSX's price assumes

CSX Corporation trades at 28.5× earnings against 25.7× for the median Railroads name, more expensive than its own group.

28.5

Trailing P/E · Railroads median 25.7 · 1.11× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
5.38

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1

Free cash flow yield
3.3%

Free cash flow yield · Railroads median 3.7%

Growth the price implies
+11%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +11% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −4.1% a year over the last three.

Details
Industrials median P/E351 names
29.0
Railroads median P/E8 names
25.7
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$2.80B
Market capitalisation
$84.8B
3-year revenue growth
−1.2%
3-year free cash flow growth
−4.1%
What the market has paid for these earnings: 30 quarters of its own multiple × $1.72 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$22.30
Its own P/E history, median$30.34
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$32.98
52-week range$31.73 – $53.22
Today$49.01

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.