Investor’s Toolkit: Key Ratios for Assessing CSX Corp. (CSX)’s Performance

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CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) closed the day trading at $33.36 up 0.42% from the previous closing price of $33.22. In other words, the price has increased by $0.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 12.26 million shares were traded. CSX stock price reached its highest trading level at $33.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $33.11.

Ratios:

For a better understanding of CSX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 52.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.25. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.01 and its Current Ratio is at 1.16. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.51 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.46.

On June 07, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $35.

On April 08, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $40.Jefferies initiated its Hold rating on April 08, 2024, with a $40 target price.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 20 ’24 when Goldman Nathan D sold 244,487 shares for $36.62 per share. The transaction valued at 8,953,114 led to the insider holds 251,579 shares of the business.

Sorfleet Diana B sold 37,087 shares of CSX for $1,378,524 on Feb 07 ’24. The EVP & CAO now owns 215,226 shares after completing the transaction at $37.17 per share. On Feb 06 ’24, another insider, Boone Kevin S., who serves as the EVP & CCO of the company, sold 60,000 shares for $37.10 each. As a result, the insider received 2,226,000 and left with 170,757 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CSX now has a Market Capitalization of 64676368384 and an Enterprise Value of 82571534336. As of this moment, CSX’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.30, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 15.54. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.80. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.13. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.642 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.656.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, CSX has reached a high of $40.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $29.03. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.67%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.91%.

Shares Statistics:

Over the past 3-months, CSX traded about 11.38M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CSX traded about 12235640 shares per day. A total of 1.96B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.94B. Insiders hold about 0.15% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 74.60% stake in the company. Shares short for CSX as of 1722384000 were 25121939 with a Short Ratio of 2.21, compared to 1719532800 on 32810389. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 25121939 and a Short% of Float of 1.2999999.

Dividends & Splits

CSX’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.46, up from 0.46 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.01384708The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.27.

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