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研究快讯:CSX第一季度业绩超出市场普遍预期,反映出效率提升

-- 独立研究机构CFRA向提供了以下研究报告。CFRA分析师总结如下:CSX公布第一季度每股收益为0.43美元,高于去年同期的0.34美元,超出市场预期0.04美元;营收为34.8亿美元,符合预期,同比增长2%。营业利润率从30.4%显著提升至36.0%,提升幅度达560个基点,凸显了运营效率的提升。鉴于CSX上一季度因工业需求疲软而业绩未达预期,我们认为这是一个稳健的转变。营收增长主要得益于商品价格上涨、联运量强劲增长(6%)以及燃油附加费收入增加。CSX在运营方面取得了显著进步,列车速度提升7%至18.9英里/小时,列车停留时间缩短7%至10.7小时,车厢运输计划完成率提升7%至74%。尽管面临通胀压力,但该公司实现了稳健的费用管理,总成本下降了 1.53 亿美元,即使在吸收了 4100 万美元的通胀增长后,劳动力成本也下降了 900 万美元,这表明劳动力优化带来了好处,平均铁路员工人数减少了 1177 人。

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