CSX vs UNP vs CSANY Stock Comparison

Csx, Union Pacific and Cosan Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CSX Csx Corp
$52.27 +11.7% 1M +45.2% 1Y
Market cap
$96.29B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.95B
Div. yield
0.01%
Railroads Industrials
4 wins
UNP Union Pacific Corp
$299.96 +9.6% 1M +37.5% 1Y
Market cap
$178.21B
P/E
23.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.36B
Div. yield
–
Railroads Industrials
5 wins
CSANY Cosan S.A.
$2.07 -27.9% 1M -54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.16B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Union Pacific leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Union Pacific 5, Csx 4, Cosan 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCSXUNPCSANYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $96.29B $178.21B $1.16B UNP
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 23.4x -0.7x UNP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.7x 21.6x — UNP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.9% +7.4% -0.9% UNP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.0% 28.9% -21.9% UNP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.6% 15.7% 129.2% CSANY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.1x -0.3x CSANY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +45.2% +37.5% -54.4% CSX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.6%/yr +4.4%/yr -32.0%/yr CSX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.5% 22.6% 89.8% CSX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 44/100 46/100 CSX

Percentile Scorecard

CSXUNPCSANY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCSXUNPCSANY
Valuation 10 #122 of 136 15 #116 of 136 89 #12 of 99
Growth 59 #50 of 121 60 #49 of 121 15 #83 of 97
Profitability 83 #20 of 115 89 #14 of 115 45 #53 of 96
Financial Health 29 #102 of 143 37 #90 of 143 66 #35 of 102
Shareholder Returns 53 #39 of 82 21 #65 of 82 17 #63 of 76
Overall 47 44 46
  • CSX ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • UNP ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • CSANY ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCSXUNPCSANYSPY
1 month +11.7%+9.6%-27.9% -0.2%
3 months +2.8%+1.9%-33.4% +3.9%
6 months +15.6%+12.0%-50.8% +8.2%
Year to date +44.2%+29.7%-47.6% +12.9%
1 year +45.2%+37.5%-54.4% +12.3%
3 years +78.8%+48.7%-83.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +21.4%+14.2%-45.5% +23.3%
5 years +44.2%+23.8%-85.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +7.6%+4.4%-32.0% +10.9%
10 years +417.5%+237.7%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +17.9%+12.9%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCSXUNPCSANYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.5%22.6%89.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.9%21.7%106.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.380.171.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.011.66-0.61 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.5%-32.9%-89.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.8%-3.4%-62.0% -1.2%
52-week high $53.23$310.62$5.45 $779.14
52-week low $33.68$216.37$2.07 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCSXUNPCSANY
P/E now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 16.3x 23.4xmedian 16.3x -0.8xmedian 13.0x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 1.0x 6.8xmedian 1.0x 0.3xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.0xmedian 8.7x 15.7xmedian 8.7x 0.4xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.0xmedian 11.4x 26.6xmedian 11.4x 2.0xmedian 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 1.2x 8.1xmedian 1.2x 0.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 27.60median 0.82 3.30median 0.82 0.01median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCSXUNPCSANY
Revenue $14.95B $26.36B $7.59B
Gross profit – – $2.62B
Operating income $5.44B $10.57B $1.96B
Net income $3.58B $7.62B -$1.37B
Free cash flow $3.21B $6.69B $1.01B
EPS (diluted) $1.93 $12.81 $-2.68
Cash & equivalents $1.22B $2.21B $2.58B
Total debt $18.80B $30.32B $4.35B
Shares (diluted) 1.85B 594.50M 617.57M
Enterprise value $91.51B $170.46B -$9.87B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCSXUNPCSANY
P/E 27.0x 23.4x -0.8x
P/FCF 30.0x 26.6x 2.0x
P/Operating cash flow 17.2x 16.9x 0.8x
P/S 6.4x 6.8x 0.3x
P/B 6.7x 8.1x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 6.7x 8.1x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 16.0x 15.7x 0.4x
EV/EBIT 20.9x 19.4x 0.6x
EV/Revenue 7.6x 7.8x 0.2x
EV/FCF 35.3x 30.7x 1.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.3x 19.5x 0.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 27.60 3.30 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCSXUNPCSANY
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.9% 7.4% -0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 3.0% -20.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 4.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -10.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 20.4% 6.0% 52.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -0.8% 5.2% -8.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 23.4% 8.0% 19.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 6.2% -61.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 24.3% 7.8% -169.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 7.1% -74.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% 8.2% -18.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.9% 8.3% -11.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 107.0% 11.3% -69.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 12.0% -43.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCSXUNPCSANY
Gross margin – – 34.5%
EBITDA margin 47.4% 49.7% 35.6%
Operating margin 36.4% 40.1% 25.9%
Pretax margin 31.6% 37.6% -15.0%
Net margin 24.0% 28.9% -21.9%
FCF margin 21.5% 25.4% 13.3%
Operating cash flow margin 37.5% 39.9% 33.1%
Return on equity 25.4% 35.7% -26.1%
Return on assets 8.0% 10.6% -6.3%
Return on invested capital 12.6% 15.7% 129.2%
Return on capital employed 13.4% 15.9% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.4x -1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCSXUNPCSANY
Debt / assets 41.6% 41.8% 6.9%
Debt / equity 1.3x 1.4x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.1x -0.3x
Debt / FCF 5.9x 4.5x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 68.2% 69.7% 74.8%
Equity / assets 31.8% 30.3% 25.2%
Interest coverage 6.4x 8.3x 1.3x
Current ratio 0.8x 1.2x –
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 3.4x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.6x 2.4x
Altman Z-score 2.95 4.38 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCSXUNPCSANY
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.9% –
Net buyback yield 1.2% 0.0% -3.5%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 1.9% -3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 28.5% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.4% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCSXUNPCSANY
Forward P/E 26.7xFY2026 21.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.96FY2026 $13.91FY2026 $-0.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 +19.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +26.0% -0.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.54BFY2026 $28.02BFY2026 $7.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.2%FY2026 +14.3%FY2026 -2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.2% +5.5% +21.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCSXUNPCSANY
Held by institutions 79.3% 89.0% –
Institutions holding 1,996 2,890 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.0% +2.4% –
Institutions buying 1,000 1,449 –
Institutions selling 627 985 –
Buyers to sellers 1.59 1.47 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CSXUNPCSANY
CSX 1.00 0.79 0.04
UNP 0.79 1.00 0.00
CSANY 0.04 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CSX, UNP and CSANY?

Union Pacific (UNP) is the largest by market capitalisation: Csx (CSX) $96.29B, Union Pacific (UNP) $178.21B, Cosan (CSANY) $1.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, CSX, UNP and CSANY?

Union Pacific (UNP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Csx (CSX) 26.9x, Union Pacific (UNP) 23.4x, Cosan (CSANY) -0.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Union Pacific (UNP) is cheapest (Csx (CSX) 26.7x, Union Pacific (UNP) 21.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Union Pacific (UNP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Csx (CSX) +5.9%, Union Pacific (UNP) +7.4%, Cosan (CSANY) -0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Union Pacific (UNP) has the highest net margin (Csx (CSX) 24.0%, Union Pacific (UNP) 28.9%, Cosan (CSANY) -21.9%). On return on invested capital, Cosan (CSANY) leads (Csx (CSX) 12.6%, Union Pacific (UNP) 15.7%, Cosan (CSANY) 129.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Csx (CSX) returned the most: Csx (CSX) +45.2%, Union Pacific (UNP) +37.5%, Cosan (CSANY) -54.4%. Over five years, Csx (CSX) compounded fastest (Csx (CSX) +7.6%/yr, Union Pacific (UNP) +4.4%/yr, Cosan (CSANY) -32.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Csx (CSX) 0.01%, Union Pacific (UNP) 0.00%, Cosan (CSANY) 0.00%. Union Pacific (UNP) and Cosan (CSANY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Csx (CSX) has been the steadiest (Csx (CSX) 22.5%, Union Pacific (UNP) 22.6%, Cosan (CSANY) 89.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CSX, UNP and CSANY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Union Pacific (UNP) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.