CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX): Stock Investors Should Also Pay Attention To This Stock

During the recent session, CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX)’s traded shares were 2.46 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.19. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $34.43, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.12% or $0.38. The 52-week high for the CSX share is $40.12, that puts it down -16.53 from that peak though still a striking 15.68% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $29.03. The company’s market capitalization is $66.75B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 9.48 million shares, and the average trade volume was 10.80 million shares over the past three months.

CSX Corp. (CSX) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.81. CSX has a Sell rating from 1 analyst(s) out of 23 analysts who have looked at this stock. 6 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 16 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.48.

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CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) trade information

CSX Corp. (CSX) registered a 1.12% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.12% in intraday trading to $34.43, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 2.93%, and it has moved by 2.53% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 11.39%. The short interest in CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) is 24.65 million shares and it means that shorts have 2.33 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $38, which implies an increase of 9.39% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $24 and $44 respectively. As a result, CSX is trading at a discount of -27.8% off the target high and 30.29% off the low.

CSX Corp. (CSX) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that CSX Corp. has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. CSX Corp. (CSX) shares have gone down -8.46% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 4.32% against -0.10. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 14.30% this quarter and then jump 11.10% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 1.50% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 3.71B as predicted by 17 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 16 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 3.79B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.55B and 3.68B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 4.30% and then jump by 2.90% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 7.59%. While earnings are projected to return 4.43% in 2024, the next five years will return 10.15% per annum.

CSX Dividends

CSX Corp. is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2024-Oct-17. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for CSX Corp. is 0.47, with the dividend yield indicating at 1.37 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 1.27%.

CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX)’s Major holders

CSX Corp. insiders own 0.22% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 77.69%, with the float percentage being 77.85%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 2146.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 175.03 million shares (or 8.9392% of all shares), a total value of $5.85 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 146.76 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 7.4956% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $4.91 billion.