Csx (CSX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.36 for Q1 2026, down 21.97% year-over-year from 0.46 in Q1 2025, and up 398.14% quarter-over-quarter from 0.07 in Q4 2025.

Csx (CSX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Csx (CSX) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.36 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.36, down 21.97% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.22 (up 14.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.22, up 19.26% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.36 in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 0.07 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.46 in Q1 2025 and troughed at 1.72 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.17 and a median of 0.27 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 82.33% in 2025 and fell as far as 512.73% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.35 in 2022, then slipped by 22.68% to 0.27 in 2023, then slumped by 69.81% to 0.08 in 2024, then slipped by 11.84% to 0.07 in 2025, then surged by 398.14% to 0.36 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSX's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.36 in Q1 2026, 0.07 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.55
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.36
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn -7.97
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.65
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.35
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn -0.48
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 0.01
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn -
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.36
Dec 31, 2025 0.07
Sep 30, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 -1.72
Mar 31, 2025 0.46
Dec 31, 2024 0.08
Sep 30, 2024 0.22
Jun 30, 2024 0.42
Mar 31, 2024 0.43
Dec 31, 2023 0.27
Sep 30, 2023 0.22
Jun 30, 2023 0.34
Mar 31, 2023 0.27
Dec 31, 2022 0.35
Sep 30, 2022 0.19
Jun 30, 2022 0.29
Mar 31, 2022 0.23
Dec 31, 2021 0.29
Sep 30, 2021 0.22
Jun 30, 2021 0.29