Csx (CSX) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 5.88 for Q1 2026, up 18.1% year-over-year from 4.98 in Q1 2025, and up 12.88% quarter-over-quarter from 5.21 in Q4 2025.

Csx (CSX) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Csx (CSX) has 14 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 5.88 in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 5.88, up 18.1% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.58 (down 6.28% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.36, down 15.03% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio grew to 5.88 in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 5.21 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 7.29 in Q2 2023 and troughed at 4.98 in Q1 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 6.04 and a median of 6.16 in 2023 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Interest Coverage Ratio decreased 21.77% in 2025, then advanced 18.1% in 2026.
  • A 4-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 6.45 in 2023, then declined by 17.11% to 5.34 in 2024, then slipped by 2.47% to 5.21 in 2025, then advanced by 12.88% to 5.88 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSX's Interest Coverage Ratio at 5.88 in Q1 2026, 5.21 in Q4 2025, and 5.18 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 7.68
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 5.88
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 4.45
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn -
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 7.28
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn -
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 1.83
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 5.88
Dec 31, 2025 5.21
Sep 30, 2025 5.18
Jun 30, 2025 6.05
Mar 31, 2025 4.98
Dec 31, 2024 5.34
Sep 30, 2024 6.57
Jun 30, 2024 6.93
Mar 31, 2024 6.37
Dec 31, 2023 6.45
Sep 30, 2023 6.26
Jun 30, 2023 7.29
Mar 31, 2018 7.01
Dec 31, 2017 8.04
Sep 30, 2017 6.58
Jun 30, 2017 6.99
Mar 31, 2017 5.61
Dec 30, 2016 6.44
Sep 23, 2016 6.05
Jun 24, 2016 5.96