CSX Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
CSX ratio analysis
CSX earned a net margin of 20.5% in FY 2025, down from 23.9% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 22.0%, meaning CSX generated 0.22 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 1.43 versus 1.48 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.81.
At the end of FY 2025, CSX traded at 23.6 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 3.1 to 25.2, with a median of 17.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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CSX financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 23.55 | 18.07 | 19.05 | 16.14 | 22.38 | 25.21 | 17.48 | 5.45 | 3.06 | 6.62 |
| Price / sales | 4.81 | 4.31 | 4.75 | 4.46 | 6.76 | 6.57 | 4.86 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.02 |
| Price / book | 5.15 | 5.01 | 5.81 | 5.31 | 6.29 | 5.31 | 4.89 | 1.43 | 1.13 | 0.97 |
| Operating margin | 32.1% | 36.1% | 37.5% | 40.1% | 44.7% | 41.2% | 41.6% | 39.7% | 32.6% | 30.8% |
| Net margin | 20.5% | 23.9% | 25.0% | 27.7% | 30.2% | 26.1% | 27.9% | 27.0% | 48.0% | 15.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.1% | 18.7% | 22.2% | 23.0% | 26.4% | 24.9% | 26.7% | 23.6% | 12.6% | 5.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 22.0% | 27.7% | 30.6% | 33.0% | 28.1% | 21.1% | 28.1% | 26.3% | 37.2% | 14.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 6.6% | 8.1% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 8.7% | 9.0% | 15.3% | 4.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.55 | 1.45 | 1.22 | 1.27 | 1.37 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 0.97 |
| Current ratio | 0.81 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 1.56 | 1.73 | 2.20 | 1.52 | 1.34 | 1.01 | 1.22 |
| Revenue growth | -3.1% | -0.8% | -1.3% | 18.6% | 18.3% | -11.3% | -2.6% | 7.4% | 3.1% | -6.3% |
| EPS growth | -14.0% | -1.6% | -5.2% | 14.3% | 40.0% | -13.7% | -63.8% | -35.9% | 230.9% | -9.5% |