Seasonality
CSX seasonality — CSX Corporation
Over the last 11 years, CSX's strongest month on average has been November (+6.1%) and its weakest March (-1.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +3.79% | +3.09% | 70% | +29.1% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +2.34% | +1.89% | 50% | +13.1% | -7.7% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.64% | -2.05% | 40% | +10.4% | -18.7% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.20% | +5.46% | 70% | +15.6% | -10.4% | 10 |
| May | +2.28% | +0.85% | 60% | +12.5% | -7.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.68% | -0.08% | 50% | +11.2% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.41% | +3.61% | 70% | +11.2% | -9.6% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.24% | -0.94% | 50% | +7.2% | -9.4% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.76% | +1.17% | 60% | +9.2% | -15.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.74% | +1.44% | 60% | +21.6% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.14% | +8.21% | 78% | +14.1% | -4.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.21% | +0.56% | 60% | +8.5% | -14.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CSX
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.2 | 13.1 | -3.8 | 10.7 | -0.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 | -7.9 | 11.8 | -5.5 | +35.5% | |
| 2025 | 1.9 | -2.6 | -8.1 | -4.6 | 12.5 | 3.3 | 8.9 | -8.5 | 9.2 | 1.4 | -1.8 | 2.5 | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 3.0 | 6.3 | -2.3 | -10.4 | 1.6 | -0.9 | 4.9 | -2.4 | 0.8 | -2.6 | 8.7 | -11.7 | -6.9% |
| 2023 | -0.2 | -1.4 | -1.8 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 11.2 | -2.3 | -9.4 | 1.8 | -2.9 | 8.2 | 7.3 | +11.9% |
| 2022 | -9.0 | -0.9 | 10.4 | -8.3 | -7.4 | -8.6 | 11.2 | -2.1 | -15.8 | 9.1 | 12.5 | -5.2 | -17.6% |
| 2021 | -5.5 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | -0.6 | -3.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | -8.6 | 21.6 | -4.2 | 8.5 | +24.3% |
| 2020 | 5.5 | -7.7 | -18.7 | 15.6 | 8.1 | -2.6 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 0.8 | +25.4% |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 6.4 | -6.5 | 3.9 | -9.0 | -4.8 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 3.2 | -5.4 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 8.9 | -1.4 | 10.8 | 4.9 | -0.1 | -7.0 | 5.5 | -14.5 | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 29.1 | 4.7 | -4.1 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 0.7 | -9.6 | 1.7 | 8.1 | -7.1 | 10.6 | -1.3 | +53.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3 |