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Csx (CSX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) reported EBT Margin of 30.53% for Q1 2026, up 546.0% year-over-year from 4.73% in Q1 2025, and up 12.87% on a QoQ basis from 27.05% in Q4 2025.

Csx (CSX) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 30.53% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin rose 546.0% year-over-year to 30.53% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 28.29% (down 144.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 26.95%, down 438.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin grew to 30.53% in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 27.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 40.84% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 25.03% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 31.73% (2024), against an average of 31.69%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin sank 1033 bps; it then surged 546 bps in 2026.
  • Tracing CSX's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 33.11% in 2022, then fell by 6 bps to 31.09% in 2023, then decreased by 15 bps to 26.45% in 2024, then climbed by 2 bps to 27.05% in 2025, then grew by 13 bps to 30.53% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CSX EBT Margin figures stand at 30.53% (Q1 2026), 27.05% (Q4 2025), and 25.03% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 35.85%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 30.53%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 23.85%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 30.26%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 15.90%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 7.13%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 1.94%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.16%
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.53%
Dec 31, 2025 27.05%
Sep 30, 2025 25.03%
Jun 30, 2025 30.58%
Mar 31, 2025 25.07%
Dec 31, 2024 26.45%
Sep 30, 2024 32.72%
Jun 30, 2024 34.23%
Mar 31, 2024 31.73%
Dec 31, 2023 31.09%
Sep 30, 2023 30.85%
Jun 30, 2023 35.04%
Mar 31, 2023 34.73%
Dec 31, 2022 33.11%
Sep 30, 2022 36.53%
Jun 30, 2022 40.84%
Mar 31, 2022 33.08%
Dec 31, 2021 35.16%
Sep 30, 2021 38.85%
Jun 30, 2021 51.17%
Mar 31, 2021 33.31%
Dec 31, 2020 34.23%
Sep 30, 2020 36.56%
Jun 30, 2020 28.91%
Mar 31, 2020 35.48%
Dec 31, 2019 33.45%
Sep 30, 2019 37.78%
Jun 30, 2019 37.44%
Mar 31, 2019 35.31%
Dec 31, 2018 34.93%
Sep 30, 2018 36.75%
Jun 30, 2018 36.88%
Mar 31, 2018 31.71%
Dec 31, 2017 34.33%
Sep 30, 2017 27.34%
Jun 30, 2017 28.20%
Mar 31, 2017 20.29%
Dec 30, 2016 24.73%
Sep 23, 2016 26.38%
Jun 24, 2016 26.15%
Mar 25, 2016 21.70%
Dec 25, 2015 26.65%
Sep 25, 2015 27.19%
Jun 26, 2015 28.95%
Mar 27, 2015 23.49%
Dec 26, 2014 24.28%
Sep 26, 2014 25.24%
Jun 27, 2014 26.20%
Mar 28, 2014 20.12%
Dec 27, 2013 22.23%
Sep 27, 2013 23.75%
Jun 28, 2013 26.56%
Mar 29, 2013 24.64%
Dec 28, 2012 25.14%
Sep 28, 2012 25.17%
Jun 29, 2012 27.09%
Mar 30, 2012 23.72%
Dec 30, 2011 25.53%
Sep 30, 2011 25.19%
Jul 1, 2011 26.29%
Apr 1, 2011 22.57%
Dec 31, 2010 24.89%
Sep 24, 2010 26.33%
Jun 25, 2010 24.11%
Mar 26, 2010 20.11%
Dec 25, 2009 19.66%
Sep 25, 2009 20.10%
Jun 26, 2009 20.50%
Mar 27, 2009 17.09%