Csx (CSX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Csx (CSX) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 11.62% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.62%, down 89.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.62% (down 89.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.27%, down 210.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed grew to 11.62% in Q1 2026 per CSX's latest filing, from 11.21% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.63% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 11.21% in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 13.7% and a median of 13.71% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed surged 394 bps in 2022, then plunged 233 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 15.07% in 2022, then fell by 6 bps to 14.22% in 2023, then declined by 7 bps to 13.23% in 2024, then slipped by 15 bps to 11.21% in 2025, then increased by 4 bps to 11.62% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CSX's Return on Capital Employed at 11.62% in Q1 2026, 11.21% in Q4 2025, and 11.25% in Q3 2025.