Based in Jacksonville, FL, CSX Corporation (CSX - Free Report) is one of the leading transportation suppliers in the United States.
The company has a decent track record with respect to earnings, having outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the last four quarters. The average earnings beat is 8.4%.
Zacks Rank: Currently, CSX has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) but that could change following the company’s earnings report which was just released.
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We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:
Earnings: CSX’s earnings of 51 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Earnings improved 6.3% from the year ago figure due to reduced expenses.
Revenue: Operating revenues came in at $2,743 million, short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,769.4 million. Revenues improved 1% from the year-ago figure due to pricing gains.
Key Stats to Note: Operating ratio (operating expenses as a percentage of revenues) improved 90 basis points to 68.1% on a reported basis. The company is implementing the Precision Scheduled Railroading strategy to improve efficiencies. Driven by improved efficiencies, CSX expects the bottom line to expand between 20% and 25% in 2017 on a year-over-year basis. Operating ratio in the high end of mid-60s is expected in 2017. The company expects free cash flow before dividends (excluding restructuring costs) of around $1.5 billion in 2017.
Stock Price: The revenue miss disappointed investors. Consequently, shares of the company were down in pre-market trading at the time of writing.
Check back later for our full write up on this CSX earnings report later!
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Based in Jacksonville, FL, CSX Corporation (CSX - Free Report) is one of the leading transportation suppliers in the United States.
The company has a decent track record with respect to earnings, having outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in three of the last four quarters. The average earnings beat is 8.4%.
Zacks Rank: Currently, CSX has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) but that could change following the company’s earnings report which was just released.
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
We have highlighted some of the key stats from this just-revealed announcement below:
Earnings: CSX’s earnings of 51 cents per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Earnings improved 6.3% from the year ago figure due to reduced expenses.
Revenue: Operating revenues came in at $2,743 million, short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,769.4 million. Revenues improved 1% from the year-ago figure due to pricing gains.
Key Stats to Note: Operating ratio (operating expenses as a percentage of revenues) improved 90 basis points to 68.1% on a reported basis. The company is implementing the Precision Scheduled Railroading strategy to improve efficiencies. Driven by improved efficiencies, CSX expects the bottom line to expand between 20% and 25% in 2017 on a year-over-year basis. Operating ratio in the high end of mid-60s is expected in 2017. The company expects free cash flow before dividends (excluding restructuring costs) of around $1.5 billion in 2017.
Stock Price: The revenue miss disappointed investors. Consequently, shares of the company were down in pre-market trading at the time of writing.
Check back later for our full write up on this CSX earnings report later!
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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