CSX (CSX) reported $3.42 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 7%. EPS of $0.34 for the same period compares to $0.46 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.48 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.37, the EPS surprise was -8.11%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how CSX performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Operating Margin: 30.4% compared to the 67.8% average estimate based on six analysts.
- Volume - Intermodal: 716 thousand versus the four-analyst average estimate of 722.81 thousand.
- Volume - Merchandise - Chemicals: 166 thousand versus the four-analyst average estimate of 168.74 thousand.
- Volume - Merchandise - Forest Products: 70 thousand versus the four-analyst average estimate of 72.27 thousand.
- Revenue- Intermodal: $493 million compared to the $502.58 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Coal: $461 million versus $468.73 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -27.1% change.
- Revenue- Merchandise- Chemicals: $698 million versus $711.84 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.7% change.
- Revenue- Merchandise- Automotive: $271 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $275.40 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -7.5%.
- Revenue- Merchandise- Metals and Equipment: $209 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $214.04 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5%.
- Revenue- Trucking: $202 million compared to the $208.54 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.1% year over year.
- Revenue- Total Merchandise: $2.15 billion versus the four-analyst average estimate of $2.17 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.5%.
- Revenue- Other: $115 million versus $133.48 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -19.6% change.
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Shares of CSX have returned -7.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -4.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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