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CSX forward PE CSX

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
23.6×
10-year median
19.5×
Against its 10-year history
94th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
14.2× to 26.6×
Peer median
24.0×

CSX's forward PE is 23.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.5×, higher than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.2× in Sep 2022 to 26.6× in Jul 2017.

The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 24.0×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far23.6×18.9×24.7×
202519.8×16.8×21.0×
202420.0×18.5×22.5×
202318.8×15.8×18.8×
202217.1×14.2×21.4×
202121.5×18.6×22.8×
202021.6×14.2×22.7×
201921.0×15.7×21.4×
201815.5×15.2×22.8×
201721.2×19.2×26.6×
201618.8×13.1×19.5×
201515.8×15.4×20.9×
201419.3×14.8×19.8×
201316.3×13.3×16.3×
201212.5×12.3×14.9×
201112.8×11.2×16.2×
201013.5×11.0×16.2×
200915.0×8.7×16.1×
200811.8×11.8×22.7×
200715.1×7.5×22.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Railroads nearest CSX's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CSXCSX23.6×
NSCNorfolk Southern24.2×
UNPUnion Pacific21.5×
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies24.0×
Peer median24.0×

Where CSX ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.