CSX Corp (CSX) EPS is poised to hit 0.44 next quarter: How Investors Can Make It Count the Most?

As on Wednesday, CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) started slowly as it slid -0.30% to $36.58, before settling in for the price of $36.69 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CSX posted a 52-week range of $31.65-$40.12.

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In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 4.34%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 7.59%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -0.08%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $1.96 billion, simultaneously with a float of $1.93 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $70.33 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $34.64, while the 200-day Moving Average is $34.66.

CSX Corp (CSX) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Railroads industry. CSX Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.15%, in contrast to 75.26% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Nov 18 ’24, this organization’s EVP & CLO sold 118,588 shares at the rate of 35.39, making the entire transaction reach 4,197,315 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 202,991.

CSX Corp (CSX) Earnings and Revenue Records

CSX Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -0.08% and is forecasted to reach 2.03 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.91% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 7.59% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for CSX Corp (CSX). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.23. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 0.75. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $19.66, and its Beta score is 1.20. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.79. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 23.62.

In the same vein, CSX’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 1.86, a figure that is expected to reach 0.44 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 2.03 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of CSX Corp (CSX)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [CSX Corp, CSX], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 10.53 million was lower the volume of 11.67 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 92.02% While, its Average True Range was 0.72.

Raw Stochastic average of CSX Corp (CSX) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 89.56%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 85.27% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 21.54% that was lower than 27.30% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.