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CSX CSX Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

Canadian Pacific Kansas City logo
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityCP
8.2%-1.9pp
Union Pacific logo
Union PacificUNP
22.7%+7.3pp
Norfolk Southern logo
Norfolk SouthernNSC
25.1%-1.0pp
Wabtec logo
WabtecWAB
8.7%-0.3pp
JB Hunt Transport Services logo
JB Hunt Transport ServicesJBHT
13.1%+1.8pp
XPO
XPOXPO
8.8%-1.2pp

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 invested capital?
CSX (CSX) reported return on invested capital of 17.9% in Q1 2025.
How has CSX's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
CSX's return on invested capital decreased by 50.0% year-over-year, from 35.9% to 17.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.