Csx (CSX) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) reported Net Margin of 23.18% for Q1 2026, up 430.0% year-over-year from 4.37% in Q1 2025, and up 8.51% quarter-over-quarter from 21.36% in Q4 2025.

Csx (CSX) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Csx (CSX) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 23.18% in Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 23.18%, up 430.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 21.76% (down 90.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 20.71%, down 316.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin improved to 23.18% in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 21.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 30.88% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 18.87% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 24.22% and a median of 23.97% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Net Margin sank 835 bps in 2022, then jumped 430 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 25.9% in 2022, then retreated by 7 bps to 23.97% in 2023, then decreased by 14 bps to 20.71% in 2024, then grew by 3 bps to 21.36% in 2025, then gained by 9 bps to 23.18% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CSX's Net Margin at 23.18% in Q1 2026, 21.36% in Q4 2025, and 19.35% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 27.36%
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 23.18%
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 18.25%
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 22.83%
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 12.31%
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn -0.37%
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 1.65%
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.23%
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -482.40%
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.18%
Dec 31, 2025 21.36%
Sep 30, 2025 19.35%
Jun 30, 2025 23.20%
Mar 31, 2025 18.87%
Dec 31, 2024 20.71%
Sep 30, 2024 24.70%
Jun 30, 2024 26.02%
Mar 31, 2024 23.91%
Dec 31, 2023 23.97%
Sep 30, 2023 23.18%
Jun 30, 2023 26.60%
Mar 31, 2023 26.28%
Dec 31, 2022 25.90%
Sep 30, 2022 28.52%
Jun 30, 2022 30.88%
Mar 31, 2022 25.17%
Dec 31, 2021 27.25%
Sep 30, 2021 29.40%
Jun 30, 2021 39.23%