CSX (CSX) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CSX or ENB?

CSX presently has a consensus price target of $38.78, indicating a potential upside of 21.75%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.28%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Enbridge is more favorable than CSX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSX	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to CSX or ENB?

In the previous week, Enbridge had 10 more articles in the media than CSX. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Enbridge and 13 mentions for CSX. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat CSX's score of 0.45 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CSX	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Enbridge	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CSX or ENB a better dividend stock?

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. CSX pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 124.1% 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 20 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSX or ENB?

Enbridge received 235 more outperform votes than CSX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.98% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave CSX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CSX	Outperform Votes 544 62.75%	Underperform Votes 323 37.25%
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 779 67.98%	Underperform Votes 367 32.02%

Which has more risk and volatility, CSX or ENB?

CSX has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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

Which has preferable valuation & 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	$14.68B	4.18	$3.72B	$1.86	17.12
Enbridge	$48.55B	1.86	$4.59B	$2.16	19.15

Is CSX or ENB more profitable?

CSX has a net margin of 24.77% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.54%. CSX's return on equity of 28.92% beat Enbridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSX	24.77%	28.92%	8.53%
Enbridge	13.54%	9.94%	3.11%

Summary

CSX beats Enbridge on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.