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CSX Corporation (CSX) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewCSX Corporation

Listed on NASDAQ • Industrials / Railroads
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CSX Company Overview & Business Description

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. It transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, automotive, minerals, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities. The company also offers intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 30 terminals transporting manufactured consumer goods in containers; and drayage services, including the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments. It serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations, as well as connects non-rail served customers through transferring products, such as plastics and ethanol from rail to trucks. The company operates approximately 19,500 route mile rail network, which serves various population centers in 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as owns and leases approximately 3,500 locomotives. It also serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Key Information

Symbol: CSX
CEO: Joseph R. Hinrichs
Exchange: NASDAQ
CIK: 0000277948
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for CSX

An assessment of the current trend environment for CSX, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for CSX is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting 1.01 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • The market is maintaining a healthy 'Higher-High, Higher-Low' sequence, confirming buyer control.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, CSX in a non-directional consolidation; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: CSX last closed at 36.78, trading 0.1 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (36.73). Technical Classification: Non-Directional / Range-Bound.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 35/100. Classification: Sideways. Alignment: Indeterminate. Logic: Price action is range-bound or lacking sufficient slope for trend confirmation.

SuperTrend Risk: Structural Support: Adaptive SuperTrend at 35.26. This level serves as the calculated invalidation point for the current upward structure.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Non-Directional. Price is oscillating within a low-momentum range. Risk is two-sided, favoring mean-reversion strategies over trend-following.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 36.78, KAMA 36.73.

CSX Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:48 PM EST)

Price
36.53
Change
-0.015
Change %
-0.04%
Open
36.54
Previous Close
36.54
High
36.62
Low
36.35
Volume
1,644,488
Market Cap
68,092,719,104
EV/EBITDA
13.25

CSX Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:48 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
1,862,136,956
FloatShares
1,857,753,979
Float Ratio
99.76%
Shares Short
33,384,909
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
1.80%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
2.63 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
0.26%
Held Percent Institutions
80.04%