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 +36.97% over the past year and +35.14% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 3, 1980, CSX is up +10,265.09% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.67%/yr, and is currently −5.76% below its real total-return high on Jul. 24, 2026.

Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-11-03💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CSX × 		+10,265.09%
+10.67%/yr 		+9.89%/yr
R2=0.933
CSX Corporation NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-11-03💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
CSX × 		$10,000.00
1980-11-03 		$1,036,509.29
2026-08-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-18

  YTD YoY
CSX × 		+35.14% +36.97%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CSX × 		−5.76%
on 2026-08-18
from 2026-07-24 peak 		−68.58%
on 2009-03-09
from 2008-05-30 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CSX × 		+36.97% +45.61%
+20.67%/yr 		+55.66%
+15.89%/yr 		+30.15%
+5.41%/yr 		+335.63%
+15.85%/yr

Annual Returns

Year CSX
2026 (YTD) +35.14%
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 +24.32%
2006 +33.68%
2005 +23.69%
2004 +9.34%
2003 +26.26%
2002 −20.13%
2001 +36.10%
2000 −15.93%
1999 −24.31%
1998 −22.45%
1997 +28.30%
1996 −8.45%
1995 +30.78%
1994 −15.22%
1993 +18.38%
1992 +18.29%
1991 +82.65%
1990 −12.77%
1989 +14.42%
1988 +9.36%
1987 −0.68%
1986 −1.12%
1985 +26.74%
1984 −2.40%
1983 +46.40%
1982 −9.75%
1981 +17.63%
1980 +11.14%