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CSX CSX EV / sales

EV / sales at other companies

Canadian Pacific Kansas City logo
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP
6.3×
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
5.8×-1.3×
Norfolk Southern logo
Norfolk SouthernNSC
5.2×+0.9×
Wabtec logo
WabtecWAB
4.3×+1.0×
JB Hunt Transport Services logo
JB Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT
1.8×+0.4×
XPO
XPOXPO
3.2×+1.1×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
CSX (CSX) reported EV / sales of 5.4× in Q1 2026.
How has CSX's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
CSX's EV / sales increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from 5.2× to 5.4×.
What is the long-term trend for CSX's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CSX's EV / sales has grown at a -6.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 24.5× to 19×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.