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CSX CORP CSX

Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · CIK 0000277948 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$14.09B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$4.52B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$1.71B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$61.00BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$32.80Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income21.1×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue4.3×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity4.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

21.1× earnings today, against a median of 18.1× across 10 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$61.00B21.1×
2024-06-30$65.00B18.7×
2023-06-30$68.00B18.5×
2022-06-30$62.00B15.1×
2021-06-30$72.00B19.0×
2020-06-30$53.00B19.2×
2019-06-30$59.00B17.7×
2018-06-30$46.00B13.9×
2017-06-30$47.00B8.6×
2016-06-24$24.00B14.0×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Railroads, Line-Haul Operating filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Revenue YoY growth-3.1%0th
CapEx / revenue20.6%75th
Current ratio0.81x25th
FCF margin12.1%25th

CSX CORP (CSX) reported revenue of $14.09B and net income of $2.89B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CSX CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Railroads, Line-Haul Operating.

Income

CSX CORP income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-30
Revenue$14.09B$14.54B$14.66B$14.85B$12.52B$10.58B$11.94B$12.25B$11.41B$11.07B
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating income$4.52B$5.24B$5.50B$5.95B$5.59B$4.36B$4.96B$4.87B$3.72B$3.41B
Net income$2.89B$3.47B$3.67B$4.11B$3.78B$2.76B$3.33B$3.31B$5.47B$1.71B
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 1.87Bshares 1.94Bshares 2.01Bshares 2.14Bshares 2.26Bshares 2.30Bshares 2.40Bshares 861.00Mshares 914.00Mshares 948.00M
Pretax income$3.77B$4.56B$4.83B$5.34B$4.95B$3.63B$4.32B$4.30B$3.14B$2.74B
Income tax expense$880.00M$1.08B$1.16B$1.23B$1.17B$862.00M$985.00M$995.00M-$2.33B$1.03B
Diluted EPS$1.54$1.79$1.82$1.92$1.68$1.20$1.39$3.84$5.99$1.81
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

CSX CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-30
Cash & equivalentsUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$1.96B$2.24B$3.13B$958.00M$858.00M$401.00M$603.00M
Total assets$43.68B$42.76B$42.20B$41.68B$40.53B$39.79B$38.26B$36.73B$35.74B$35.41B
Current assets$2.55B$2.82B$3.36B$3.81B$3.87B$4.44B$3.28B$2.56B$1.92B$2.49B
Total liabilities$30.52B$30.26B$30.23B$29.21B$27.03B$26.68B$26.39B$24.15B$21.02B$23.72B
Current liabilities$3.13B$3.28B$3.22B$2.45B$2.23B$2.02B$2.15B$1.92B$1.89B$2.04B
Total equity incl. NCI$13.16B$12.51B$11.98B$12.47B$13.45B$13.11B$11.86B$12.58B$14.72B$11.69B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$1.30B$1.33B$1.39B$1.31B$1.15B$912.00M$986.00M$1.01B$970.00M$938.00M
Goodwill$80.00M$239.00M$325.00M$319.00M$276.00M$63.00M$63.00MUnavailable$63.00M$63.00M
Long-term debt$18.16B$17.90B$17.98B$17.90B$16.18B$16.30B$15.99B$14.74B$11.79B$10.96B
Accounts payable$1.15B$1.12B$1.24B$1.13B$963.00M$809.00M$1.04B$949.00M$847.00M$806.00M

Cash flow

CSX CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-30
Operating cash flow$4.61B$5.25B$5.51B$5.53B$5.10B$4.26B$4.85B$4.64B$3.47B$3.04B
Capital expenditures$2.90B$2.53B$2.26B$2.11B$1.79B$1.63B$1.66B$1.74B$2.04B$2.40B
Investing cash flow-$2.85B-$2.60B-$2.23B-$2.06B-$1.88B-$649.00M-$2.10B-$1.68B-$1.50B-$1.80B
Financing cash flow-$2.02B-$3.06B-$3.87B-$3.77B-$4.11B-$1.44B-$2.65B-$2.50B-$2.18B-$1.27B
Net change in cash-$263.00M-$420.00M-$580.00M-$306.00M-$890.00M$2.17B$100.00M$457.00M-$202.00M-$25.00M
Stock-based compensationUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common dividends paid$972.00M$930.00M$882.00M$852.00M$839.00M$797.00M$763.00M$751.00M$708.00M$680.00M
Common share repurchases$1.40B$2.24B$3.48B$4.73B$2.89B$867.00M$3.37B$4.67B$1.97B$1.06B
Depreciation & amortization$1.68B$1.66B$1.61B$1.50B$1.42B$1.38BUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Derived

CSX CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-30
Free cash flow$1.71B$2.72B$3.26B$3.41B$3.31B$2.64B$3.19B$2.90B$1.43B$643.00M
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating margin32.1%36.1%37.5%40.1%44.7%41.2%41.6%39.7%32.6%30.8%
FCF margin12.1%18.7%22.2%23.0%26.4%24.9%26.7%23.6%12.6%5.8%
SBC / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current ratio0.81x0.86x1.04x1.56x1.73x2.20x1.52x1.34x1.01x1.22x
Revenue YoY growth-3.1%-0.8%-1.3%18.6%18.3%-11.3%-2.6%7.4%3.1%Unavailable
Net margin20.5%23.9%25.0%27.7%30.2%26.1%27.9%27.0%48.0%15.5%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue20.6%17.4%15.4%14.2%14.3%15.4%13.9%14.2%17.9%21.7%
Long-term debt / equity1.38xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate23.3%23.8%24.0%23.0%23.6%23.8%22.8%23.1%-74.1%37.5%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CSX in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-10-21View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-22View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-22View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-12View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-16View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-23View SEC filing

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Reconciliation checks needing review

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balance equationreview2021-12-31

Difference 49000000 exceeds tolerance 40531000.000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.