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FCF Margin for CSX (CSX)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

29.2%

YoY change

−6.55pp

Trough year (2005)

-13.2%

Peak year (2019)

26.7%

FCF Margin history chart for CSX (CSX) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 12.1%

FCF Margin change chart for CSX (CSX) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: −6.55pp

FCF Margin history table for CSX (CSX) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202512.1%-6.55pp
  • 202418.7%-3.53pp
  • 202322.2%-1.25pp
  • 202223.5%-2.95pp
  • 202126.4%+1.50pp
  • 202024.9%-1.83pp
  • 201926.7%+3.11pp
  • 201823.6%+11.09pp
  • 201712.6%+6.74pp
  • 20165.8%-1.03pp
  • 20156.8%-0.22pp
  • 20147.1%-0.88pp
  • 20137.9%+2.79pp
  • 20125.1%-5.02pp
  • 201110.2%-3.19pp
  • 201013.4%+6.58pp
  • 20096.8%-3.65pp
  • 200810.4%+6.33pp
  • 20074.1%-0.28pp
  • 20064.4%+17.54pp
  • 2005-13.2%-17.66pp
  • 20044.5%+10.52pp
  • 2003-6.0%-6.59pp
  • 20020.6%+1.85pp
  • 2001-1.3%+9.14pp
  • 2000-10.4%+0.66pp
  • 1999-11.1%-6.23pp
  • 1998-4.8%-8.92pp
  • 19974.1%+2.02pp
  • 19962.1%-1.85pp
  • 19953.9%-0.78pp
  • 19944.7%+2.52pp
  • 19932.2%+3.34pp
  • 1992-1.2%-1.19pp
  • 19910.0%+0.49pp
  • 1990-0.5%-2.81pp
  • 19892.3%—

FCF Margin values are taken from CSX's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at CSX (CSX)

According to CSX's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 29.2%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, CSX (CSX) reported free cash flow margin of 12.14% – contracted 6.6 percentage points year-over-year.

26.75% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2019, against a low of -13.16% during 2005.

CSX FCF Margin by Year

CSX FCF Margin 2025: 12.1%

2025's free cash flow margin for CSX came in at 12.14%, contracted 6.6 percentage points from 2024.

CSX FCF Margin 2024: 18.7%

CSX posted free cash flow margin of 18.69% in 2024, contracted 3.5 percentage points from 2023.

CSX FCF Margin 2023: 22.2%

In 2023, CSX reported free cash flow margin of 22.22%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2022.

CSX FCF Margin 2022: 23.5%

CSX free cash flow margin in 2022 was 23.47%, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2021.

CSX FCF Margin 2021: 26.4%

CSX free cash flow margin in 2021 was 26.42%.

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