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Csx (CSX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) reported FCF Margin of 20.94% for Q1 2026, up 528.0% year-over-year from 3.33% in Q1 2025, and down 78.22% on a QoQ basis from 96.13% in Q4 2025.

Csx (CSX) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 20.94% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 528.0% year-over-year to 20.94% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 32.31% (down 261.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 31.08%, down 331.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin retreated to 20.94% in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 96.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 96.13% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 3.95% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 20.94% (2026), against an average of 27.43%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Margin soared 5820 bps; it then plunged 1902 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing CSX's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 15.95% in 2022, then surged by 37 bps to 21.82% in 2023, then soared by 267 bps to 80.02% in 2024, then grew by 20 bps to 96.13% in 2025, then sank by 78 bps to 20.94% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CSX FCF Margin figures stand at 20.94% (Q1 2026), 96.13% (Q4 2025), and 16.92% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 24.18%
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 20.94%
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn -1.27%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 8.43%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 5.19%
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn -10.45%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 21.89%
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn -11.06%
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 20.94%
Dec 31, 2025 96.13%
Sep 30, 2025 16.92%
Jun 30, 2025 -3.95%
Mar 31, 2025 15.66%
Dec 31, 2024 80.02%
Sep 30, 2024 29.32%
Jun 30, 2024 15.08%
Mar 31, 2024 14.91%
Dec 31, 2023 21.82%
Sep 30, 2023 27.38%
Jun 30, 2023 17.63%
Mar 31, 2023 22.23%
Dec 31, 2022 15.95%
Sep 30, 2022 28.22%
Jun 30, 2022 19.69%
Mar 31, 2022 28.36%
Dec 31, 2021 20.69%
Sep 30, 2021 28.98%
Jun 30, 2021 24.05%
Mar 31, 2021 32.92%
Dec 31, 2020 25.42%
Sep 30, 2020 20.24%
Jun 30, 2020 25.99%
Mar 31, 2020 27.92%
Dec 31, 2019 22.43%
Sep 30, 2019 35.19%
Jun 30, 2019 22.15%
Mar 31, 2019 27.22%
Dec 31, 2018 23.23%
Sep 30, 2018 31.32%
Jun 30, 2018 18.96%
Mar 31, 2018 20.79%
Dec 31, 2017 1.15%
Sep 30, 2017 28.73%
Jun 30, 2017 0.31%
Mar 31, 2017 20.98%
Dec 30, 2016 -8.40%
Sep 23, 2016 13.73%
Jun 24, 2016 7.29%
Mar 25, 2016 12.57%
Dec 25, 2015 7.37%
Sep 25, 2015 10.51%
Jun 26, 2015 6.59%
Mar 27, 2015 3.04%
Dec 26, 2014 4.67%
Sep 26, 2014 7.95%
Jun 27, 2014 11.25%
Mar 28, 2014 4.12%
Dec 27, 2013 4.68%
Sep 27, 2013 10.65%
Jun 28, 2013 26.33%
Mar 29, 2013 8.10%
Dec 28, 2012 4.54%
Sep 28, 2012 32.58%
Jun 29, 2012 25.95%
Mar 30, 2012 -0.83%
Dec 30, 2011 1.50%
Sep 30, 2011 17.18%
Jul 1, 2011 17.39%
Apr 1, 2011 4.10%
Dec 31, 2010 8.77%
Sep 24, 2010 16.47%
Jun 25, 2010 11.98%
Mar 26, 2010 16.70%
Dec 25, 2009 2.37%
Sep 25, 2009 10.66%
Jun 26, 2009 7.96%
Mar 27, 2009 6.23%