---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277948-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSX"
cik: "0000277948"
company_name: "CSX CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:31:36.322672+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CSX Q4 earnings $0.45, down 8% YoY; revenue $3.68B, -1% as volumes edge higher

## Summary
- Q4 operating income $1.32B (-10% YoY); net earnings $886M ($0.45 diluted EPS) vs $1.02B ($0.49).
- Q4 revenue $3.68B (-1%); total volume +1% (Merchandise +3%, Coal +3%, Intermodal flat).
- Full-year 2023 operating income $5.56B (-8%); net earnings $3.72B ($1.85 EPS) vs $4.17B ($1.95).
- CEO Joe Hinrichs expects profitable growth in 2024, citing network performance and customer service focus.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277948-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSX
- cik: 0000277948
- company_name: CSX CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000027794824000003/0000277948-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000027794824000003/csx-20240124.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CSX CORP reported the quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $3.68 billion, net income $886 million, EPS $0.45 per diluted share.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $3.68 billion
  - Net income: $886 million
  - EPS: $0.45 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: resources in place, and we look forward to building on our positive momentum with profitable growth over this next year.” Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights • Revenue totaled $3.68 billion for the quarter, declining 1% year-over-year a s the effects of volume growth and favorable merchandise pricing were more than offset by lower intermodal storage revenue, reduced
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000027794824000003/0000277948-24-000003-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CSX CORP reported the full year 2023 results: revenue $14.66 billion, net income $3.72 billion, EPS $1.85 per share.
  - Period: the full year 2023
  - Revenue: $14.66 billion
  - Net income: $3.72 billion
  - EPS: $1.85 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 2022. CSX's operating ratio was 64.1% for the quarter. • Diluted EPS of $0.45 decreased 8% from $0.49 in the prior year. Full Year 2023 Financial Highlights • Revenue total ed $14.66 billion in 2023, decreasing 1% year-over-year as the impacts of a decline in intermodal storage revenue, reduced fuel surcharge, lower global benchmark coal prices, and a decrease in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277948/000027794824000003/0000277948-24-000003-index.htm

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