The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

CSX

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.csx.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$14.09B+2.1%
Operating income$4.52B+4.4%
Net income$3.67B+6.5%
Cash from ops$5.25B+6.0%
Quotation

$50.14

+0.06 (+0.1%)

52w hi$53.23
52w lo$31.73
Vol9.44M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.56

Short+0.62
Medium+0.61
Long+0.34

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

CSX Corporation

Industrials · Railroads

Market cap$92.88B
Enterprise value$110.83B
Trailing P/E29.15x
Forward P/E22.07x
EV / EBITDA16.23x
P / S (ttm)6.40x
Profit margin22.2%
Return on equity24.4%
Revenue growth+10.1%
Earnings growth+22.7%
Debt / equity138.07
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.66
Corr SPX0.44
Annual vol24.2%
Annual ret+22.0%
Sharpe0.91
Max DD-27.6%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.24
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.43
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$50.44$50.68$50.10$50.149.44M
Aug 12$50.04$50.27$49.71$50.0810.92M
Aug 11$50.16$50.67$49.78$49.948.39M
Aug 10$50.00$50.45$49.93$50.129.21M
Aug 7$50.38$50.88$50.06$50.277.24M