CSX price to free cash flow CSX

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 33.7×
10-year median: 23.3×
Against its 10-year history: 77th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 12.1× to 71.3×
Peer median: 36.1×

CSX's price to free cash flow is 33.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 23.3×, higher than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.1× in Mar 2020 to 71.3× in Mar 2017.

The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 36.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 23.3×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	33.7×	31.0×	49.5×
2025	43.9×	19.0×	44.9×
2024	21.1×	20.7×	23.7×
2023	21.9×	16.7×	21.9×
2022	18.5×	16.4×	25.1×
2021	25.1×	23.6×	28.6×
2020	27.0×	12.1×	27.4×
2019	17.4×	16.1×	25.9×
2018	23.8×	23.3×	46.3×
2017	43.0×	31.9×	71.3×
2016	30.5×	23.0×	32.2×
2015	33.6×	32.7×	45.3×
2014	41.2×	28.2×	42.2×
2013	30.4×	24.3×	45.3×
2012	38.6×	16.2×	41.9×
2011	15.8×	6.1×	26.9×
2010	5.9×	4.8×	5.9×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CSXCSX	33.7×
NSCNorfolk Southern	45.4×
UNPUnion Pacific	n/m
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies	26.8×
Peer median	36.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.