CSX Corporation Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 21 analysts that cover CSX Corporation stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $38.24, which forecasts a 1.27% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $30 and the highest is $45.

Price Target: $38.24 (+1.27%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$30	$38.24	$40	$45
Change	-20.55%	+1.27%	+5.93%	+19.17%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CSX Corporation stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	7	7	7	7	7	7
Buy	7	9	9	9	9	8
Hold	9	7	6	6	7	6
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	23	22	22	23	21

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Ariel Rosa Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $42 → $41	Strong Buy	Maintains	$42 → $41	+8.58%	Jan 23, 2026
David Vernon Bernstein	Bernstein	Hold Maintains $37 → $36	Hold	Maintains	$37 → $36	-4.66%	Jan 23, 2026
Jonathan Chappell Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $41 → $40	Buy	Maintains	$41 → $40	+5.93%	Jan 23, 2026
Brian Ossenbeck JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $41 → $43	Buy	Maintains	$41 → $43	+13.88%	Jan 12, 2026
Ravi Shanker Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $27 → $30	Hold	Maintains	$27 → $30	-20.55%	Dec 8, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

14.68B

from 14.09B

4.14%

from 14.09B

Revenue Next Year

15.35B

from 14.68B

4.57%

from 14.68B

EPS This Year

1.90

from 1.54

23.27%

from 1.54

EPS Next Year

2.13

from 1.90

12.31%

from 1.90

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	12.52B	14.85B	14.66B	14.54B	14.09B	14.68B	15.35B
Revenue Growth	18.32%	18.62%	-1.32%	-0.80%	-3.08%	4.14%	4.57%
EPS	1.68	1.92	1.82	1.79	1.54	1.90	2.13
EPS Growth	40.00%	14.29%	-5.21%	-1.67%	-13.95%	23.27%	12.31%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	19.89	17.71
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	25

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	15.6B	16.2B
Avg	14.7B	15.3B
Low	14.1B	14.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	10.6%	10.7%
Avg	4.1%	4.6%
Low	-0.0%	-0.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.08	2.36
Avg	1.90	2.13
Low	1.76	1.92

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	35.0%	24.4%
Avg	23.3%	12.3%
Low	14.5%	1.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.