About the Railroads Industry
The Railroads industry includes 12 U.S.-listed companies in the Industrials sector with a combined market capitalization of $546.92B. The largest are Union Pacific Corporation (UNP, $173.96B), CSX Corporation (CSX, $94.42B) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP, $79.40B), together 64% of the industry's value.
9 of the 12 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 28.2. 8 of 12 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 1.73% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is up 24.8%, and 9 of 12 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 3.6% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 9 of 12
- Median gross margin
- 35.6%
- Median net profit margin
- 13.6%
- Median return on equity
- 9.7%
Longest dividend growth streak: CSX Corporation (CSX), 21 consecutive years.











