CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD/CN vs CSX CORPORATION, two Railroads stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CP and CSX diverge most: on p/b, CP reads 2.25 and CSX reads 6.65; on debt / equity, CP reads 0.47 and CSX reads 1.34. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CSX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CP | CSX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.89 | $50.38 |
| Market cap | $78.9B | $93.7B |
| Sector | Railroads | Railroads |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +11.1% |
| P/E | 28.1 | 29.1 |
| P/B | 2.25 | 6.65 |
| P/S | 6.94 | 6.45 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.7 | 17.0 |
| Revenue growth | +3.6% | +2.5% |
| Operating margin | 35.4% | 38.3% |
| Net margin | 25.0% | 22.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.1% | 22.9% |
| Return on assets | 4.3% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | 11.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 1.34 |
| Current ratio | 0.59 | 0.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.05 | 2.61 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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