All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

CSX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

CSX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CSX returned +35.66% over the past year and +26.81% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 3, 1980, CSX is up +9,631.50% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.49%/yr, and is currently −11.57% below its real total-return high on Jul. 24, 2026.

Data ending Wed Sep. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-11-03💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CSX × 		+9,631.50%
+10.49%/yr 		+9.90%/yr
R2=0.933
CSX Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-11-03💬 to Wed 2026-09-23 Start
Value 		End
Value
CSX × 		$10,000.00
1980-11-03 		$973,150.06
2026-09-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-23

  YTD YoY
CSX × 		+26.81% +35.66%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CSX × 		−11.57%
on 2026-09-23
from 2026-07-24 peak 		−68.58%
on 2009-03-09
from 2008-05-30 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CSX × 		+35.66% +33.97%
+15.75%/yr 		+44.54%
+13.06%/yr 		+36.51%
+6.42%/yr 		+293.76%
+14.69%/yr

Annual Returns

Year CSX
2026 (YTD) +26.81%
2025 +11.16%
2024 −8.29%
2023 +9.83%
2022 −21.65%
2021 +17.44%
2020 +25.38%
2019 +15.42%
2018 +12.33%
2017 +52.26%
2016 +39.21%
2015 −27.26%
2014 +27.56%
2013 +47.12%
2012 −5.55%
2011 −3.42%
2010 +33.81%
2009 +49.12%
2008 −25.12%
2007 +24.33%
2006 +33.68%
2005 +23.68%
2004 +9.34%
2003 +26.26%
2002 −20.14%
2001 +36.10%
2000 −15.93%
1999 −24.31%
1998 −22.45%
1997 +28.29%
1996 −8.44%
1995 +30.77%
1994 −15.21%
1993 +18.38%
1992 +18.27%
1991 +82.66%
1990 −12.77%
1989 +14.43%
1988 +9.37%
1987 −0.70%
1986 −1.12%
1985 +26.75%
1984 −2.39%
1983 +46.35%
1982 −9.76%
1981 +17.71%
1980 +11.18%