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CSX CSXThe company said its operating income for Q3 2024 rose $83 million (7%) year over year to $1.4 billion. Its operating margin was 37.4%, up 180 basis points. Diluted earnings per share rose $0.05 (12%) to $0.46.
Key points
AI summaryThe company said its operating income for Q3 2024 rose $83 million (7%) year over year to $1.4 billion. Its operating margin was 37.4%, up 180 basis points. Diluted earnings per share rose $0.05 (12%) to $0.46.
The company said total revenue for Q3 2024 rose 1% year over year, reflecting higher merchandise and intermodal volumes and higher merchandise pricing. It said expenses for the same quarter fell $36 million (2%) to $2.3 billion, and fuel costs fell $73 million.
The company said operating cash flow for the 9 months ended September 30, 2024 fell $166 million, and cash and cash equivalents rose a net $291 million. It said the decrease was driven by $387 million of federal and state tax payments for the 2023 tax year, partially offset by $238 million of prior-year payments of retroactive wages and bonuses.
The company said it held $1.7 billion of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of the end of Q3 2024, along with an undrawn $1.2 billion revolving credit facility. It said planned capital investments for 2024 are approximately $2.5 billion, excluding spending to rebuild parts of the network damaged by hurricanes in late September and early October, which it said is still being assessed.
Key figures
Quarter ended September 30, 2024
- Revenue
- $3.6B
- Operating income
- $1.4B
- Net income
- $894M
- EPS
- $0.46
- Operating cash flow
- $1.1B
From the XBRL financial data filed with the SEC · not processed by AI.
Summary
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Q3 2024 Operating Income, Operating Margin and Diluted EPS
The company said its operating income for Q3 2024 rose $83 million (7%) year over year to $1.4 billion. Its operating margin was 37.4%, up 180 basis points. Diluted earnings per share rose $0.05 (12%) to $0.46.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Q3 Total Revenue Up 1%, Expenses $2.3 billion
The company said total revenue for Q3 2024 rose 1% year over year, reflecting higher merchandise and intermodal volumes and higher merchandise pricing. It said expenses for the same quarter fell $36 million (2%) to $2.3 billion, and fuel costs fell $73 million.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Operating cash flow and cash increase over 9 months
The company said operating cash flow for the 9 months ended September 30, 2024 fell $166 million, and cash and cash equivalents rose a net $291 million. It said the decrease was driven by $387 million of federal and state tax payments for the 2023 tax year, partially offset by $238 million of prior-year payments of retroactive wages and bonuses.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
Liquidity, 2024 Capital Plans and Hurricane Impact
The company said it held $1.7 billion of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of the end of Q3 2024, along with an undrawn $1.2 billion revolving credit facility. It said planned capital investments for 2024 are approximately $2.5 billion, excluding spending to rebuild parts of the network damaged by hurricanes in late September and early October, which it said is still being assessed.
Source · Based on the MD&A text of the filing
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