Historical annual and monthly returns for CSX Corporation (CSX).
For CSX Corporation (CSX), the strongest completed calendar year was 2017, when the stock returned 55.4%, while its weakest was 2015, with a return of -26.8%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 17.0% and its compounded annual return was 14.4%. CSX posted positive returns in 18 of those 26 years (69%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned 14.1%. In 2026 year to date, CSX has returned 30.2%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for CSX Corporation (CSX). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.