In the latest trading session, 2.41 million CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.22. With the company’s most recent per share price at $30.63 changed hands at -$0.47 or -1.51% at last look, the market valuation stands at $61.83B. CSX’s current price is a discount, trading about -12.24% off its 52-week high of $34.38. The share price had its 52-week low at $25.80, which suggests the last value was 15.77% up since then. When we look at CSX Corporation’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 15.97 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 12.86 million.

Analysts gave the CSX Corporation (CSX) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.10. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 28 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 3 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 10 recommended CSX as a Hold, 15 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. CSX Corporation’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $0.45.

CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) trade information

Instantly CSX was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 0.13%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The drop to weekly highs of 31.25 on Monday, 09/18/23 subtracted -1.51% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -1.13%, with the 5-day performance at 0.13% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX) is -0.78% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 18.01 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.53 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $36.28, meaning bulls need an upside of 15.57% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, CSX’s forecast low is $25.00 with $42.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -37.12% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 18.38% for it to hit the projected low.

CSX Corporation (CSX) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the CSX Corporation share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 4.97% over the past 6 months, a -1.05% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of 6.20%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for CSX Corporation will fall -11.80%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit -4.30% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -1.60% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 17 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $3.59 billion. 16 analysts are of the opinion that CSX Corporation’s revenue for the quarter ending Dec 2023 will be $3.61 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $3.74 billion and $3.73 billion respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -4.00%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -3.10%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 22.10%. The 2023 estimates are for CSX Corporation earnings to increase by 16.00%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 7.57% per year.

CSX Dividends

CSX Corporation is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report between October 18 and October 23. The 1.44% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.44. It is important to note, however, that the 1.44% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

CSX Corporation (NASDAQ:CSX)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.29% of CSX Corporation shares while 78.47% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 78.71%. There are 78.47% institutions holding the CSX Corporation stock share, with Vanguard Group Inc the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 8.90% of the shares, roughly 178.57 million CSX shares worth $5.46 billion.

Blackrock Inc. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 6.66% or 133.53 million shares worth $4.08 billion as of Jun 29, 2023.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jun 29, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 63.42 million shares estimated at $1.94 billion under it, the former controlled 3.16% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.41% of the shares, roughly 48.41 million shares worth around $1.48 billion.