Understanding the Basics of CSX Stock

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, November 27 10:13 • Permanent Link

CSX logged a 1.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $35.3 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. CSX's trading volume is 8,419,335 compared to the stock's average volume of 14,445,682.

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

CSX's current price is 119.3% above its Graham number of $16.1, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
CSX has moved -3.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.54, CSX has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
CSX has a forward P/E ratio of 17.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.03 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.15 compared to its sector average of 2.89
CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada.
Based in Jacksonville, the company has 23,200 full time employees and a market cap of $65.81 Billion. CSX currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.5%.

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