Investor Trust Slackened After CSX Corp. (NASDAQ: CSX) Shares Gained By $0.33

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CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) has a beta value of 1.19 and has seen 11.62 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $68.42B, closed the last trade at $35.29 per share which meant it gained $0.33 on the day or 0.94% during that session. The CSX stock price is -13.69% off its 52-week high price of $40.12 and 17.74% above the 52-week low of $29.03. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 9.5 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 10.66 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that CSX Corp. (CSX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.83. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 6 out of 23 have rated it as a Hold, with 16 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.48.

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CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) trade information

Sporting 0.94% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the CSX stock price touched $35.29 or saw a rise of 0.17%. Year-to-date, CSX Corp. shares have moved 1.79%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 4.87%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of CSX Corp. (NASDAQ:CSX) have changed 5.28%. Short interest in the company has seen 24.05 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.19.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $38, which means that the shares’ value could jump 7.13% from current levels. The projected low price target is $24.0 while the price target rests at a high of $44.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -24.68% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 31.99% from current levels.

CSX Corp. (CSX) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that CSX Corp. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 0.43% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 4.32%, compared to 0.30% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 1.00%.

18 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 3.68B for the current quarter. 17 have an estimated revenue figure of 3.74B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 3.55B and 3.68B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 3.60% for the current quarter and 1.00% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 7.59% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 3.67% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 9.00%.

CSX Dividends

CSX Corp. is expected to release its next earnings report in November this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.47 at a share yield of 1.33%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 1.27%.

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

Insiders own 0.22% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 77.90% with a share float percentage of 78.07%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with CSX Corp. having a total of 2129.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 175.03 million shares worth more than $5.85 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 8.9392% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 146.76 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $4.91 billion and represent 7.4956% of shares outstanding.