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CSX CSX Earnings yield

Earnings yield at other companies

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Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP
5.8%-0.1pp
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
5%+0.3pp
Norfolk Southern logo
Norfolk SouthernNSC
4.1%-2.1pp
Wabtec logo
WabtecWAB
2.8%-0.7pp
JB Hunt Transport Services logo
JB Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT
3.1%-0.7pp
XPO
XPOXPO
1.5%-1.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.5B+1.7%
Operating income$1.3B+20.4%
Net income$807.0M+24.9%
EPS (diluted)$0.43+26.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$964.0M-15.4%
Total debt$469.0M-97.6%
Total assets$44.2B+2.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.3B+1.4%
CapEx$543.0M-24.5%
Free cash flow$729.0M+36.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$84.68B+37.6%
Enterprise value$84.18B+2.6%
P/E27.8×+8.7×
P/S+1.7×

Profitability

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Operating margin33.4%-1.2pp
Net margin21.6%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity26.3%-2.8pp
Debt / equity1.6×+1.6×
Current ratio+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from CSX’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: CSX’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is CSX's earnings yield?
CSX (CSX) reported earnings yield of 4% in Q1 2026.
How has CSX's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
CSX's earnings yield decreased by 31.5% year-over-year, from 5.8% to 4%.
What is the long-term trend for CSX's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CSX's earnings yield has grown at a 1.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 18.5% to 19.6%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.