CSX — CSX Corporation

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates CSX Bullish with a Setup Score of 41, net conviction 55, actionability 31. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score41
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction55
Actionability31 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About CSX Corporation

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments: rail and trucking. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$51.44
Market Cap$94.42B
Float1.85B
Shares Outstanding1.85B
P/E (Forward)25.32
P/E (TTM)29.63
Price/Sales (TTM)6.51
vs. Analyst Target+3.3% to analyst PT
Profit Margin22.21%
Operating Margin (TTM)38.42%
Revenue (TTM)$14.51B
Earnings Growth (YoY)22.70%
Dividend Rate0.6%
Analyst Target Price$53.14 (27 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $10.58B $2.77B $4.44B $5.76B
2021 $12.52B $3.78B $5.29B $7.09B
2022 $14.85B $4.11B $5.72B $7.59B
2023 $14.66B $3.67B $5.60B $7.27B
2024 $14.54B $3.47B $5.51B $7.07B
2025 $14.09B $2.89B $4.68B $5.87B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $3.59B $694M
Dec 2025 $3.51B $720M
Mar 2026 $3.48B $807M
Jun 2026 $3.94B $1.00B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.2%
Institutional Ownership81.7%
Short Float2.0%
% of All Funds Holding22.50%
Number of Funds Holding1,979

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$50.38Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$43.26Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$37.93Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$34.95Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$43.32Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$37.97Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$35.82Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$28.10 support 1.10x 14 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.47% 0.25% 54.92% 6.97% -7.79%
1 Day 0.53% 0.73% 56.56% 7.85% -10.99%
1 Week 0.86% 0.43% 54.10% 25.47% -12.99%
2 Weeks 1.27% 0.49% 56.56% 23.63% -15.00%
1 Month 1.65% 1.56% 56.20% 37.80% -19.94%

Next earnings: October 15, 2026 (51 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan3.0%60.9%46
Feb0.2%50.0%46
Mar1.2%60.9%46
Apr3.1%63.0%46
May1.5%58.7%46
Jun-0.4%41.3%46
Jul2.3%63.0%46
Aug-1.2%40.0%45
Sep-1.3%46.7%45
Oct2.4%57.8%45
Nov2.6%62.2%45
Dec0.8%52.2%46

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.04% 47.3% 2181
Tuesday 0.06% 47.1% 2368
Wednesday 0.08% 48.8% 2366
Thursday 0.11% 50.9% 2320
Friday 0.09% 50.0% 2306

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 81.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.2%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings11
Net Value-$7.7M
Net Shares Change-26,667
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings10
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Sorfleet Diana B EVP & CAO -$4.4M 2 2 sell
Boone Kevin S. EVP & CFO -$3.8M 2 2 sell
ANGEL STEPHEN F President & CEO +$3.0M 2 2 buy
Williams Angela C VP & Chief Accounting Officer -$1.6M 1 1 sell
ZILLMER JOHN J -$464,500 1 1 sell
Burns Michael S. SVP - CLO & Corp Secy -$340,340 1 1 sell
Fortune Stephen EVP - CD & TO -$219,562.88 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-10-21 – 2025-10-24 3 3 +$1.1M 3 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-07-27 Williams Angela C VP & Chief Accounting Officer -$1.6M Transaction at $53.29, now -3.5%
2026-07-27 Burns Michael S. SVP - CLO & Corp Secy -$340,340 Transaction at $39.59, now +29.9%
2026-03-06 ANGEL STEPHEN F President & CEO +$1.0M Transaction at $40.27, now +27.7%
2026-06-05 Boone Kevin S. EVP & CFO -$3.2M Transaction at $35.05, now +46.8%
2026-06-04 ZILLMER JOHN J -$464,500 Transaction at $46.45, now +10.7%
2025-10-21 ANGEL STEPHEN F President & CEO +$2.0M Transaction at $36.87, now +39.5%

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AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for CSX Corporation (CSX) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit, stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward. Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup, AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.

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