Market Analysts see CSX Corp [CSX] gaining to $34. Time to buy?

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CSX Corp [NASDAQ: CSX] stock went on an upward path that rose over 1.07% on Friday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -2.34%.

Over the last 12 months, CSX stock dropped by -18.27%. The one-year CSX Corp stock forecast points to a potential upside of 14.59. The average equity rating for CSX stock is currently 1.83, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.

The market cap for the stock reached $59.23 billion, with 1.90 billion shares outstanding and 1.89 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 13.69M shares, CSX stock reached a trading volume of 19337050 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Guru’s Opinion on CSX Corp [CSX]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CSX shares is $36.60 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CSX stock is a recommendation set at 1.83. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Deutsche Bank have made an estimate for CSX Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on March 07, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Loop Capital dropped their target price from $40 to $34. The new note on the price target was released on February 03, 2025, representing the official price target for CSX Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $37, while Jefferies analysts kept a Buy rating on CSX stock. On October 17, 2024, analysts decreased their price target for CSX shares from 36 to 35.

The Average True Range (ATR) for CSX Corp is set at 0.64, with the Price to Sales ratio for CSX stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 4.07. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 4.75, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.53. Price to Free Cash Flow for CSX in the course of the last twelve months was 21.79 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.73.

CSX Stock Performance Analysis:

CSX Corp [CSX] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -2.34. With this latest performance, CSX shares dropped by -4.93% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -10.33% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -18.27% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CSX stock in for the last two-week period is set at 37.26, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 34.57, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 39.62 for CSX Corp [CSX]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 32.46, while it was recorded at 31.25 for the last single week of trading, and 33.61 for the last 200 days.

Insight into CSX Corp Fundamentals:

CSX Corp’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.73 and a Current Ratio set at 0.86.

CSX Stock EPS

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CSX. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for CSX Corp go to 8.05%.

CSX Corp [CSX] Institutonal Ownership Details

The top three institutional holders of CSX stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 175.03 million shares, which is approximately 8.9392%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 146.76 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.91 billion in CSX stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.79 billion in CSX stock with ownership which is approximately 4.2923%.