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CSX CSX Free cash flow yield

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2%—

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/S6×+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 ratio1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from CSX’s reported figures.

free cash flow/market cap=2.7%

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 free cash flow yield?
CSX (CSX) reported free cash flow yield of 2.7% in Q1 2026.
How has CSX's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
CSX's free cash flow yield decreased by 45.1% year-over-year, from 4.9% to 2.7%.
What is the long-term trend for CSX's free cash flow yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CSX's free cash flow yield has grown at a -5.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 16.9% to 13.7%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.