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Csx (CSX) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Csx (CSX) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.08%, a 4.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.11%, down 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.08% for Q4 2025 at Csx, roughly flat from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.19% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.08% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.13% and a median of 0.14% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 5bps in 2022, then decreased -5bps in 2023.
  • Csx's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.14% in 2021, then rose by 28bps to 0.18% in 2022, then dropped by -25bps to 0.14% in 2023, then dropped by -15bps to 0.12% in 2024, then tumbled by -33bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CSX's Return on Invested Capital are 0.08% (Q4 2025), 0.08% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).