CSX Corporation Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 21 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CSX Corporation stock have an average target of 36.9, with a low estimate of 33 and a high estimate of 44. The average target predicts an increase of 18.04% from the current stock price of 31.26.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$33	$36.9	$37	$44
Change	+5.57%	+18.04%	+18.36%	+40.75%

* Price targets were last updated on Feb 3, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CSX Corporation stock from 21 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	5	5	5	6	5	5
Buy	7	7	7	8	8	8
Hold	6	6	6	7	8	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18	18	18	21	21	21

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Rick Paterson Loop Capital	Loop Capital	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $40 → $34	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$40 → $34	+8.77%	Feb 3, 2025
Nathan Martin Benchmark	Benchmark	Strong Buy Reiterates $38	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$38	+21.56%	Jan 27, 2025
James McGarragle RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $34 → $33	Hold	Maintains	$34 → $33	+5.57%	Jan 24, 2025
Patrick Brown Raymond James	Raymond James	Buy Reiterates $38 → $37	Buy	Reiterates	$38 → $37	+18.36%	Jan 24, 2025
Brian Ossenbeck JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy Maintains $38 → $37	Buy	Maintains	$38 → $37	+18.36%	Jan 24, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

14.85B

from 14.54B

2.11%

from 14.54B

Revenue Next Year

15.58B

from 14.85B

4.94%

from 14.85B

EPS This Year

1.86

from 1.79

4.36%

from 1.79

EPS Next Year

2.13

from 1.86

14.41%

from 1.86

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	10.58B	12.52B	14.85B	14.66B	14.54B	14.85B	15.58B	16.23B
Revenue Growth	-11.34%	18.32%	18.62%	-1.32%	-0.80%	2.11%	4.94%	4.17%
EPS	1.20	1.68	1.95	1.85	1.79	1.86	2.13	2.38
EPS Growth	-13.67%	40.00%	16.07%	-5.13%	-3.46%	4.36%	14.41%	11.46%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	16.77	14.66	13.15
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	29	28	13

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	15.6B	16.6B	17.3B
Avg	14.8B	15.6B	16.2B
Low	14.1B	14.2B	15.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	7.6%	11.9%	11.2%
Avg	2.1%	4.9%	4.2%
Low	-2.9%	-4.5%	-2.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.04	2.37	2.70
Avg	1.86	2.13	2.38
Low	1.74	1.85	1.93

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	14.1%	27.1%	26.9%
Avg	4.4%	14.4%	11.5%
Low	-2.3%	-0.6%	-9.5%

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.