CSX (CSX) Competitors

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is CSX or ENB a better dividend stock?

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CSX pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 155.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CSX has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend CSX or ENB?

CSX presently has a consensus price target of $35.55, suggesting a potential upside of 25.22%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.00%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than CSX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSX	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSX or ENB?

Enbridge received 221 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 63.15% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSX	Outperform Votes 562 63.15%	Underperform Votes 328 36.85%
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 783 68.09%	Underperform Votes 367 31.91%

Does the media favor CSX or ENB?

In the previous week, CSX had 43 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for CSX and 24 mentions for Enbridge. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat CSX's score of 0.74 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSX	34 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Enbridge	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSX or ENB more profitable?

CSX has a net margin of 23.95% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.04%. CSX's return on equity of 28.15% beat Enbridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSX	23.95%	28.15%	8.34%
Enbridge	10.04%	10.16%	3.08%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CSX or ENB?

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than CSX. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSX	$14.54B	3.68	$3.47B	$1.79	15.86
Enbridge	$53.47B	1.80	$3.61B	$1.72	25.63

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CSX or ENB?

73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CSX or ENB?

CSX has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CSX beats Enbridge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.