Freight rail services provider CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) will be reporting earnings this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what to look for.
CSX met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $3.57 billion, down 3.4% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting CSX’s revenue to decline 1.3% year on year to $3.57 billion, a reversal from the 1.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.43 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. CSX has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at CSX’s peers in the transportation and logistics segment, only FedEx has reported results so far. It beat analysts’ revenue estimates by 2.7%, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 3.1%. The stock traded up 2.2% on the results.
Read our full analysis of FedEx’s earnings results here.There has been positive sentiment among investors in the transportation and logistics segment, with share prices up 2.2% on average over the last month. CSX is up 10.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $38.60 (compared to the current share price of $36.05).
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