During the recent session, CSX Corp (NASDAQ:CSX)’s traded shares were 5.47 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.22. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $32.21, reflecting an intraday gain of 0.16% or $0.05. The 52-week high for the CSX share is $40.12, that puts it down -24.56 from that peak though still a striking 2.42% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $31.43. The company’s market capitalization is $62.11B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 11.0 million shares, and the average trade volume was 11.88 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 1.86. 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 0.44.
CSX Corp (NASDAQ:CSX) trade information
CSX Corp (CSX) registered a 0.16% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 0.16% in intraday trading to $32.21, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -0.95%, and it has moved by -10.53% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -7.07%. The short interest in CSX Corp (NASDAQ:CSX) is 34.07 million shares and it means that shorts have 3.19 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $38.5, which implies an increase of 16.34% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $34 and $42 respectively. As a result, CSX is trading at a discount of -30.39% off the target high and -5.56% 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 -3.27% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at -0.54% against -0.80. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -0.35% 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 3.59B as predicted by 16 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 11 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 3.68B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 3.68B and 3.68B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -2.35% and then drop by -0.04% 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 -0.43% in 2025, the next five years will return 7.70% per annum.
CSX Dividends
CSX Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. 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 0.48, with the dividend yield indicating at 1.49 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 78.41%, with the float percentage being 78.58%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 2150.0 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.
