CSX vs Union Pacific CSX vs UNP
CSX and Union Pacific on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
CSXUNP
What differs most
- Market value: Union Pacific $171.71B, CSX $90.18B.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Union Pacific 3.2%, CSX 1.9%.
- Net margin: Union Pacific 28.8%, CSX 22.2%.
- One-year price return: CSX +35.3%, Union Pacific +29.0%.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
CSX+35.3%
UNP+29.0%
Profile
latestSector
Industrials
Industrials
Industry
Railroads
Railroads
Market value
$90.18B
$171.71B
Enterprise value
$108.04B
$200.42B
Employees
22,200
28,716
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$654K
$885K
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
94% overvalued vs model
23% overvalued vs model
Model range
$14.19–59.23
$139–584
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
31.5%
20.9%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: CSX valuation · UNP valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: CSX reverse DCF · UNP reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$48.68
$289.04
52-week high
$53.23
$310.62
52-week low
$33.68
$216.37
Price vs 52-week high
−8.5%
−6.9%
Price vs 52-week low
+44.5%
+33.6%
Average daily volume / shares
0.6%
0.4%
Beta
1.20
0.95
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+1.6%
+2.9%
3 months
−4.3%
−3.5%
6 months
+14.0%
+15.1%
Year to date
+34.3%
+25.0%
1 year
+35.3%
+29.0%
1 year, dividends added
+36.8%
+31.5%
2 years
+37.2%
+16.5%
Valuation
price × TTM to Jun 2026P/E (TTM)
28.1×
23.4×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
24.3×
22.1×
Price / sales
6.2×
6.8×
EV / sales
7.4×
7.9×
EV / EBITDA
16.3×
—
Price / book
—
8.3×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
52.7×
31.2×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
1.9%
3.2%
Growth
TTM and FY2025Revenue growth (TTM)
—
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+8.4%
+10.6%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
−1.7%
−0.5%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
5.9%
4.6%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+30.2%
+9.3%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
−7.6%
2.2%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
−21.1%
−1.4%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−12.5%
−4.5%
Profitability
TTM to Jun 2026Gross margin (FY)†
33.2%
59.4%
Operating margin
34.2%
40.0%
EBITDA margin
45.5%
—
Net margin
22.2%
28.8%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
12.1%
22.4%
Return on equity
—
35.5%
Return on assets
7.2%
10.3%
Asset turnover
0.32
0.36
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
MRQ Jun 2026Cash
$1.01B
$1.61B
Total debt
$18.86B
$30.33B
Net debt
$17.86B
$28.71B
Debt / equity
—
1.5×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
2.7×
—
Interest coverage (FY)
5.4×
7.5×
Current ratio (FY)
0.81
0.91
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
1.1%
1.9%
Dividends per share
$0.55
$5.56
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
31.8%
45.0%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
8.4%
6.4%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
4
12
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$2.3M
$0
Analyst upgrades
0
1
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025Revenue
$14.51B
$25.41B
EBITDA
$6.61B
—
Operating income
$4.96B
$10.17B
Net income
$3.22B
$7.33B
EPS (diluted)
$1.73
$12.36
Operating cash flow
$4.61B
$9.29B
Capital expenditure
−$2.90B
−$3.79B
Free cash flow
$1.71B
$5.50B
Dividends paid
$972.0M
$3.24B
Keep comparing
Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.