CSX (CSX) Stock Slips As Q3 Results Show Margin Strength

CSX just printed its Q3 2026 scorecard and the headline reads cleaner than today’s trading suggests. The stock is down about 2.5% in Friday’s session, easing off a recent run, even as the railroad posted roughly US$4.0b in revenue and about US$0.57 in basic earnings per share. The real story sits in profitability. Management delivered an operating margin above 39% and highlighted sharply higher free cash flow for the year, which puts the immediate price slip at odds with the improvement in...