TTM
21.6%
YoY change
−3.36pp
Trough year (1985)
-1.6%
Peak year (2017)
47.9%
Latest annual
20.5%
Net Profit Margin history chart for CSX (CSX) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 20.5%
Net Profit Margin change chart for CSX (CSX) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −3.36pp
Net Profit Margin history table for CSX (CSX) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 20.5% | -3.36pp | ||
| 2024 | 23.9% | -1.16pp | ||
| 2023 | 25.0% | -2.67pp | ||
| 2022 | 27.7% | -2.50pp | ||
| 2021 | 30.2% | +4.07pp | ||
| 2020 | 26.1% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2019 | 27.9% | +0.90pp | ||
| 2018 | 27.0% | -20.94pp | ||
| 2017 | 47.9% | +32.47pp | ||
| 2016 | 15.5% | -1.18pp | ||
| 2015 | 16.7% | +1.45pp | ||
| 2014 | 15.2% | -0.31pp | ||
| 2013 | 15.5% | -0.31pp | ||
| 2012 | 15.8% | +0.30pp | ||
| 2011 | 15.5% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2010 | 14.7% | +2.23pp | ||
| 2009 | 12.5% | +0.34pp | ||
| 2008 | 12.1% | -1.19pp | ||
| 2007 | 13.3% | -0.37pp | ||
| 2006 | 13.7% | +5.37pp | ||
| 2005 | 8.3% | +4.09pp | ||
| 2004 | 4.2% | +1.07pp | ||
| 2003 | 3.2% | -2.04pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.2% | +1.59pp | ||
| 2001 | 3.6% | -3.28pp | ||
| 2000 | 6.9% | +6.88pp | ||
| 1999 | 0.0% | -5.41pp | ||
| 1998 | 5.4% | -2.10pp | ||
| 1997 | 7.5% | -0.59pp | ||
| 1996 | 8.1% | +2.23pp | ||
| 1995 | 5.9% | -0.90pp | ||
| 1994 | 6.8% | +2.77pp | ||
| 1993 | 4.0% | +3.79pp | ||
| 1992 | 0.2% | +1.11pp | ||
| 1991 | -0.9% | -5.32pp | ||
| 1990 | 4.4% | -1.10pp | ||
| 1989 | 5.5% | +5.97pp | ||
| 1988 | -0.4% | -5.81pp | ||
| 1987 | 5.4% | -1.22pp | ||
| 1986 | 6.6% | +8.20pp | ||
| 1985 | -1.6% | — |
- 202520.5%-3.36pp
- 202423.9%-1.16pp
- 202325.0%-2.67pp
- 202227.7%-2.50pp
- 202130.2%+4.07pp
- 202026.1%-1.78pp
- 201927.9%+0.90pp
- 201827.0%-20.94pp
- 201747.9%+32.47pp
- 201615.5%-1.18pp
- 201516.7%+1.45pp
- 201415.2%-0.31pp
- 201315.5%-0.31pp
- 201215.8%+0.30pp
- 201115.5%+0.83pp
- 201014.7%+2.23pp
- 200912.5%+0.34pp
- 200812.1%-1.19pp
- 200713.3%-0.37pp
- 200613.7%+5.37pp
- 20058.3%+4.09pp
- 20044.2%+1.07pp
- 20033.2%-2.04pp
- 20025.2%+1.59pp
- 20013.6%-3.28pp
- 20006.9%+6.88pp
- 19990.0%-5.41pp
- 19985.4%-2.10pp
- 19977.5%-0.59pp
- 19968.1%+2.23pp
- 19955.9%-0.90pp
- 19946.8%+2.77pp
- 19934.0%+3.79pp
- 19920.2%+1.11pp
- 1991-0.9%-5.32pp
- 19904.4%-1.10pp
- 19895.5%+5.97pp
- 1988-0.4%-5.81pp
- 19875.4%-1.22pp
- 19866.6%+8.20pp
- 1985-1.6%—
Net Profit 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 Net Profit Margin at CSX (CSX)
According to CSX's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 21.6%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
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 net margin of 20.50% – contracted 3.4 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, net margin reached its high of 47.95% in 2017 and its low of -1.61% in 1985.
CSX Net Profit Margin by Year
CSX Net Profit Margin 2025: 20.5%
2025's net margin for CSX came in at 20.50%, contracted 3.4 percentage points from 2024.
CSX Net Profit Margin 2024: 23.9%
CSX posted net margin of 23.87% in 2024, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2023.
CSX Net Profit Margin 2023: 25.0%
In 2023, CSX reported net margin of 25.03%, contracted 2.7 percentage points from 2022.
CSX Net Profit Margin 2022: 27.7%
CSX net margin in 2022 was 27.70%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2021.
CSX Net Profit Margin 2021: 30.2%
CSX net margin in 2021 was 30.19%.
See more financial history for CSX (CSX).
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| 29.2% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 14.0% | |
| 13.3% | |
| 11.2% | |
| 9.3% | |
| 8.0% | |
| 2.5% |
- 29.2%
- 17.9%
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