Comment / CSX – at a fork in the (rail)road?

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A defensive CSX management team was mildly tested by equity analysts after a sinking US market closed yesterday, 5 August, but there was little in the Jacksonville-based railroad’s Q2 24 numbers to make us all feel cheerful about its prospects.

(Or those of trucking and intermodal, for that matter.)

Flattish revenues and earnings* were spotted on a comparable Q2 24 vs Q2 23 basis, although sequential improvement from Q1 24 was highlighted on merit…

(*Quick recap: $3.7bn sales unchanged vs Q2 23 rose ...