Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for CSX (CSX)

CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 10/29/2026 – CSX was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b+)”.
• 10/27/2026 – CSX had its price target raised by Susquehanna from $55.00 to $60.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 10/23/2026 – CSX had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup. They now have a $54.00 price target on the stock, up from $53.00.
• 10/23/2026 – CSX was given a new $53.00 price target by Evercore.
• 10/23/2026 – CSX was given a new $55.00 price target by Raymond James Financial.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX was given a new $54.00 price target by UBS Group.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $49.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $54.00 price target on the stock, up from $53.00.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $55.00 price target on the stock, up from $54.00.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group. They now have a $60.00 price target on the stock, up from $54.00.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its price target raised by Bank of America from $55.00 to $57.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – CSX had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $57.00 to $58.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/15/2026 – CSX had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Raymond James Financial. They now have a $53.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/7/2026 – CSX had its “cautious” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup.
• 10/7/2026 – CSX had its price target lowered by Citigroup from $54.00 to $53.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/5/2026 – CSX had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $58.00 to $57.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/2/2026 – CSX had its price target lowered by Susquehanna from $59.00 to $55.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 9/24/2026 – CSX had its price target lowered by Royal Bank Of Canada from $54.00 to $53.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/18/2026 – CSX had its price target lowered by Bank of America from $56.00 to $55.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

CSX Stock Performance

CSX stock traded down $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $52.16. The stock had a trading volume of 2,615,852 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,410,672. The stock has a market cap of $96.14 billion, a PE ratio of 27.02, a P/E/G ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $48.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.18. CSX Corporation has a 52-week low of $33.63 and a 52-week high of $53.60.

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 21st. The transportation company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $4.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.96 billion. CSX had a return on equity of 25.94% and a net margin of 23.97%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.44 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that CSX Corporation will post 2.06 EPS for the current year.

CSX Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, November 30th will be issued a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 30th. CSX’s dividend payout ratio is 29.02%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other CSX news, Director John Zillmer sold 19,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.24, for a total transaction of $999,180.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 334,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,125,125.36. This trade represents a 5.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.

CSX Corporation is a freight transportation company that operates one of the largest rail networks in the eastern United States. Its rail system serves customers across much of the eastern U.S., as well as parts of Canada, and connects with other railroads and ports. CSX transports a broad range of goods, including chemicals, agricultural and food products, automobiles, minerals, forest products, coal and intermodal freight. Its services include rail transportation, intermodal shipping that combines rail and truck transport, and related logistics and supply-chain services.