The Most Important Facts About CSX

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, December 21 12:15 • Permanent Link

CSX logged a -0.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $34.33 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. CSX's trading volume is 3,497,296 compared to the stock's average volume of 13,017,273.

CSX trades -5.74% away from its average analyst target price of $36.42 per share. The 24 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $25.0 to $42.0, and on average have given CSX a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CSX, you'll want to know the following:

CSX has moved 10.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 22.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.89, CSX has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
CSX has a forward P/E ratio of 17.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.98 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.79 — a number near or below 1 signifying that CSX is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.68 compared to its sector average of 4.06
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services.
Based in Jacksonville, the company has 23,000 full time employees and a market cap of $67.84 Billion. CSX currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.3%.

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