CSX
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This score sits at the bottom of the 0–100 range. The underlying calculation was negative, so the displayed value is a floor, not a measurement of zero.
- Tactical Score: displayed 0, underlying value -11.2
Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · +39.8% · range 32.05–53.23
The Businesswhat the company reports
Business & cash flow
| FCF / assets | 3.9% |
|---|---|
| OCF / assets | 10.6% |
| FCF / revenue | 32.7% |
| Gross margin | 47.1% |
| ROIC | 11.4% |
| Forward P/E | 22.1 |
FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).
Price vs Earnings growth
Price has run ahead of forward EPS growth by 7.7pp
Confidence 95.0/100
Drivers
| Forward EPS growth | +32.1% |
|---|---|
| Trailing price return (1y) | +39.8% |
| Forward P/E compression | +24.3% |
Figures
| Trailing EPS | 1.72 |
|---|---|
| Forward EPS | 2.27 |
| Trailing P/E | 29.12 |
| Forward P/E | 22.05 |
Revisions
Stable (+0.3%, 10 dates)
Takeaway Price and forward earnings growth are broadly in step; no strong valuation lean either way.
Reported earnings
Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (0.34–0.54, own scale) Derived Q4
12 quarters to Q2 26. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.
| Quarter ending | Revenue | YoY | Net income | EPS (GAAP) | EPS reported | vs consensus | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 3.94bn | +10.1% | 1.00bn | 0.54 | 0.54 | +3.4% | 2026-07-22 |
| 2026-03-31 | 3.48bn | +1.7% | 807.00m | 0.43 | 0.43 | +9.2% | 2026-04-22 |
| 2025-12-31 (derived) | 3.51bn | -0.9% | 720.00m | 0.38 | 0.39 | -6.1% | 2026-02-12 |
| 2025-09-30 | 3.59bn | -0.9% | 694.00m | 0.37 | 0.44 | +2.4% | 2025-10-16 |
| 2025-06-30 | 3.57bn | -3.4% | 829.00m | 0.44 | — | — | 2025-07-23 |
| 2025-03-31 | 3.42bn | -7.0% | 646.00m | 0.34 | — | — | 2025-04-16 |
| 2024-12-31 (derived) | 3.54bn | -3.8% | 720.00m | 0.37 | — | — | 2025-02-27 |
| 2024-09-30 | 3.62bn | +1.3% | 894.00m | 0.46 | — | — | 2024-10-17 |
| 2024-06-30 | 3.70bn | — | 963.00m | 0.49 | — | — | 2024-08-05 |
| 2024-03-31 | 3.68bn | — | 893.00m | 0.46 | — | — | 2024-04-18 |
| 2023-12-31 (derived) | 3.68bn | — | 886.00m | 0.44 | — | — | 2024-02-14 |
| 2023-09-30 | 3.57bn | — | 846.00m | 0.42 | — | — | 2023-10-20 |
Earnings response
| Typical move around a filing | ±2.5% |
|---|---|
| On an ordinary two days | ±1.2% — filings move it 2.2× as much |
| Direction | 6 up, 6 down over 12 filings |
Revenue up year on year Revenue down Price move around the filing separate scales — a crossing means nothing
| Quarter ending | Filed | Revenue YoY | Move around filing | Next 20 sessions vs SPY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-22 | +10.1% | +5.9% | — |
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-22 | +1.7% | +6.5% | -5.4% |
| 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-16 | -0.9% | +1.0% | -5.8% |
| 2025-06-30 | 2025-07-23 | -3.4% | -0.7% | +2.3% |
| 2025-03-31 | 2025-04-16 | -7.0% | -0.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024-09-30 | 2024-10-17 | +1.3% | -3.8% | +2.8% |
| 2024-06-30 | 2024-08-05 | +0.1% | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| 2024-03-31 | 2024-04-18 | -0.7% | +0.5% | -9.3% |
| 2023-09-30 | 2023-10-20 | -8.3% | -1.2% | -1.7% |
| 2023-06-30 | 2023-07-20 | -3.0% | -4.0% | -1.4% |
| 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-20 | +8.6% | +4.1% | -0.0% |
| 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-21 | +18.3% | +4.0% | +7.0% |
Share count
Diluted shares Return since the previous filing
| Direction | Flat — little net change |
|---|---|
| Diluted shares | 1,859.0M as at 2026-06-30 |
| Change over 1 year | -0.5% |
| Change over 3 years | -8.2% |
| Public float | $61.00bn as at 2025-06-30 (10-K) |
History before 2011-07-01 is not shown. The share count jumps at that date by a ratio no ordinary issuance produces — a split whose factor is not in Brown Bear's split store — so earlier figures are on a different basis and cannot be compared with today's.
The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑
Price Levels
| Strategy | Fair Value Anchor |
|---|---|
| Reference band | 47.59 — 50.33 |
| Protective stop | 46.28 (Atr, 5.5% risk) |
| Support | 49.23 (3 touches, 1.7% away) |
| Resistance | 51.44 (2.7% away) |
Takeaway The shares are nearer the floor than the ceiling: about 1.7% above 49.23, a price buyers have stepped in at before, and 2.7% below 51.44, where sellers have turned up before. That floor has held 3 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 5.5% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.
Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.
Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)
| Daily cloud | Price INSIDE the cloud | periods 6/18/36 (70% of classic 9/26/52) |
|---|---|
| Lines | Tenkan/Kijun BULL | cloud twist BULL |
| Cloud thickness | 28% percentile (thin — little structure to fight through) |
| Chikou span | Not clear of price from 26 periods ago |
| Weekly cloud | Price ABOVE the weekly cloud (context only, not scored) |
Takeaway The stock is trading inside its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 49.77 to 50.31. Inside the band those averages disagree with each other, so the indicator is not saying much either way. Its shorter-term averages point the other way, so this is a mixed reading rather than a clear one.
Trailing returns
| 21 days | +0.3% |
|---|---|
| 63 days | +12.5% |
| 126 days | +22.4% |
| 252 days | +42.2% |
| Below 252d high | 5.9% |
Trend context
| Position | At trend |
|---|---|
| Extension | Normal |
| Trend slope | Rising |
| Direction of travel | Converging back to trend |
Takeaway Price is near a rising Kalman fair trend, consistent with a healthy trend setup.
Volatility
| State | No recent compression |
|---|---|
| Current band width | 7.4% of price |
| Recent tightest | 7.4% (0 sessions ago, narrower than 72.0% of its history) |
| Expansion since | 1.00× |
| Band | 48.87 — 52.60 |
Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 7% wide. That is normal for this stock, so there is nothing unusual to read into it either way.
Historical trends
History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.
Repair Pathway
- Nearest Trigger RSI recovery above 50 repair trigger repair engine identifies this as the nearest technical repair catalyst · Deteriorating rapidly
- Trigger 2 EMA20 reclaim +0.4% gap is improving · Broadly stable
- Trigger 3 Volume confirmation above 1.2x +0.20x volume confirmation would improve confidence in the pathway · Broadly stable
- Trigger 4 Bollinger recovery toward mid-band +0.12 band position price remains in the lower Bollinger zone; recovery toward mid-band would support repair · Broadly stable
- Trigger 5 MACD bullish crossover secondary repair secondary repair catalyst could add confirmation if the primary trigger develops · Broadly stable
Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑
Insider activity
| Activity | No filings in the window |
|---|---|
| Buy filings | 0 |
| Sell filings | 0 |
Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.
Volume confirmation
| Volume-price trend | Above its signal line |
|---|---|
| Confirmation | Marginal |
No absorption or distribution event in the recent window.
Takeaway Slightly more shares change hands on rising days than on falling ones, but the gap is too small to read anything into.
Options Positioning
No binary-event flag
CSX: no binary-event flag. Near IV 25%, far IV 25% (ratio 0.99), implied move 3.1%.
| Implied volatility | 25% near (9d) · 25% far (100d) |
|---|---|
| Term structure | 0.99× near/far |
| Historical volatility | 29% |
| Implied vs historical | 0.84× |
| Implied move | ±3.1% by 2026-08-21 |
| Implied move vs ATR | 0.48× |
| Skew | Call Skew (0.65×) |
| Put wall | 27.50 (-45.1% away) |
| Gamma pin | 27.50 |
Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs less for the next few weeks than for the next few months, which is the normal state of affairs and suggests no particular date is worrying anyone. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 3.1% in either direction by 2026-08-21.
Chain as at 2026-08-12. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.
Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑
Relative Rotation
Repair Attempt
Rotation health 26.1/100; Severe Rotation Headwind.
| Rotation health | 26.1 |
|---|---|
| Rotation strength | 66.7 |
| Leg | Quadrant | RS-Ratio | RS-Mom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock vs sector | Lagging | 81.6 | 87.5 |
| Stock vs SPY | Lagging | 78.6 | 88.1 |
| Sector vs SPY | Improving | 87.2 | 105.9 |
Direction of travel: North-West / early recovery
Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.
News Headlines
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Detailed Scoring
Positive signals
- Piotroski F-score 4/9 (+5.0)
- Altman Z-score 4.59 (+8.0)
- Insider conviction score (+5.0)
- Gross margin quality: 47.1% (+9.9)
- ROIC quality: 11.4% (+5.5)
- FCF margin quality: 32.7% (+20.0)
- Gross margin improving by 10.3 pts (+5.0)
- FCF margin improving by -3.4 pts (+-3.0)
- High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.039) (+2.0)
- Track 1: relative momentum rank 0.78 (+3.7)
- Track 1: VPT strength 0.04 (+0.7)
- Track 1: price above EMA50 by 2.4% (+1.5)
- Track 1: EMA50 slope improving 1.5% (+3.0)
- Track 1: EMA50 support proximity 2.4% (+3.0)
- Track 1: Bollinger position 0.33 (+5.4)
Negative signals
- Relative strength versus sector deteriorating
- Track 1: bearish DI spread (-10.6)
- Track 1: price below EMA20 by 0.4%
- Track 1: EMA20 slope deteriorating -0.1%
- Track 1: weak MACD line/signal structure (-5.0)
- Track 1: MACD slope deteriorating (-3.0)
- Track 1: RSI deterioration/extension 30.1, 5-day change -21.1
- ROIC improving by -2.3 pts (+-5.0)
Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.