CSX Corporation Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 18 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CSX Corporation stock have an average target of 38.78, with a low estimate of 34 and a high estimate of 44. The average target predicts an increase of 9.73% from the current stock price of 35.34.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$34	$38.78	$39	$44
Change	-3.79%	+9.73%	+10.36%	+24.50%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CSX stock from 18 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	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24
Strong Buy	6	5	3	3	5	5
Buy	6	6	6	6	7	7
Hold	3	5	4	4	6	6
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	16	13	13	18	18

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $40 → $41	Buy	Maintains	$40 → $41	+16.02%	Nov 13, 2024
Ariel Rosa Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $42 → $44	Strong Buy	Maintains	$42 → $44	+24.50%	Nov 12, 2024
Daniel Imbro Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Maintains $41 → $39	Buy	Maintains	$41 → $39	+10.36%	Oct 17, 2024
Jason Seidl TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $36 → $35	Hold	Maintains	$36 → $35	-0.96%	Oct 17, 2024
Allison Poliniak Cusic Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $35 → $34	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $34	-3.79%	Oct 17, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

14.76B

from 14.66B

0.73%

from 14.66B

Revenue Next Year

15.26B

from 14.76B

3.37%

from 14.76B

EPS This Year

1.86

from 1.85

0.80%

from 1.85

EPS Next Year

2.05

from 1.86

10.02%

from 1.86

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	11.94B	10.58B	12.52B	14.85B	14.66B	14.76B	15.26B	15.87B
Revenue Growth	-2.56%	-11.34%	18.32%	18.62%	-1.32%	0.73%	3.37%	4.01%
EPS	1.39	1.20	1.68	1.95	1.85	1.86	2.05	2.28
EPS Growth	8.59%	-13.67%	40.00%	16.07%	-5.13%	0.80%	10.02%	11.17%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	18.95	17.23	15.50
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	29	29	22

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	15.5B	16.4B	16.9B
Avg	14.8B	15.3B	15.9B
Low	14.3B	14.4B	14.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	5.8%	11.3%	10.9%
Avg	0.7%	3.4%	4.0%
Low	-2.7%	-2.4%	-3.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	1.96	2.24	2.54
Avg	1.86	2.05	2.28
Low	1.79	1.86	1.95

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	6.1%	20.3%	23.7%
Avg	0.8%	10.0%	11.2%
Low	-3.1%	-0.1%	-4.9%

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.