A look at CSX Corp’s (CSX) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) kicked off on Monday, up 0.93% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $28.01. Over the past 52 weeks, CSX has traded in a range of $26.22-$37.10.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 4.70%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -3.88%. With a float of $1.88 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.90 billion.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 23500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.8%, operating margin of 36.08%, and the pretax margin is 31.44%.

CSX Corp (CSX) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Railroads Industry. The insider ownership of CSX Corp is 0.19%, while institutional ownership is 79.24%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 04 ’25, was worth 47,115. In this transaction EVP – CD&TO of this company sold 1,500 shares at a rate of $31.41, taking the stock ownership to the 83,939 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 18 ’24, when Company’s EVP & CLO sold 118,588 for $35.39, making the entire transaction worth $4,197,315. This insider now owns 202,991 shares in total.

CSX Corp (CSX) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.46 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -3.88% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.55% during the next five years compared to 5.12% growth over the previous five years of trading.

CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at CSX Corp’s (CSX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.73. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.66. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.60.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.79, a number that is poised to hit 0.37 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.02 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of CSX Corp (CSX)

Looking closely at CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX), its last 5-days average volume was 19.56 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 15.54 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 51.22%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.96.

During the past 100 days, CSX Corp’s (CSX) raw stochastic average was set at 19.18%, which indicates a significant decrease from 54.16% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 45.96% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 25.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $30.68, while its 200-day Moving Average is $33.10. However, in the short run, CSX Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $28.49. Second resistance stands at $28.72. The third major resistance level sits at $28.98. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $28.00, it is likely to go to the next support level at $27.74. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $27.51.

CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 53.28 billion has total of 1,884,745K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 14,540 M in contrast with the sum of 3,470 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,539 M and last quarter income was 720,000 K.