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CSX CSX Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

Canadian Pacific Kansas City logo
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP
4.6%+0.1pp
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
10.4%+0.5pp
Norfolk Southern logo
Norfolk SouthernNSC
6%-1.7pp
Wabtec logo
WabtecWAB
5.7%-0.1pp
JB Hunt Transport Services logo
JB Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT
7.7%+1.0pp
XPO
XPOXPO
4.3%-0.7pp

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 return on assets?
CSX (CSX) reported return on assets of 7% in Q1 2026.
How has CSX's return on assets changed year-over-year?
CSX's return on assets decreased by 7.6% year-over-year, from 7.6% to 7%.
What is the long-term trend for CSX's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), CSX's return on assets has grown at a -4.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 33.9% to 28.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.