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norfolk southern corp. - NSC

NSC

Close Chg Chg %
280.31 -0.66 -0.23%

Pre-Market

279.66

-0.66 (0.23%)

Volume: 1.05M

Last Updated:

Oct 29, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: norfolk southern corp. - NSC

NSC Key Data

Open

$278.48

 Day Range

278.41 - 281.50

52 Week Range

201.63 - 302.24

 Market Cap

$68.62B

Shares Outstanding

244.71M

 Public Float

244.58M

Beta

1.32

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.39

 EPS

$13.12

Yield

192.58%

 Dividend

$1.35

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Nov 7, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.19M

  

NSC Performance

1 Week
 
 -0.04%
 
1 Month
 
 -6.58%
 
3 Months
 
 2.02%
 
1 Year
 
 12.12%
 
5 Years
 
 34.09%
 

NSC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 24
Full Ratings ➔

About norfolk southern corp. - NSC

Norfolk Southern Corp. is a transportation company, which engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. The company also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. Its services include property leases and sales, wire line or pipeline and fiber optics projects, access property, managing private crossings, promoting businesses with signboards, and natural resource management. The company was founded on July 23, 1980, and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

NSC At a Glance

Norfolk Southern Corp.
650 West Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1925
Phone 1-855-667-3655 Revenue 12.12B
Industry Railroads Net Income 2.62B
Sector Transportation Employees 19,600
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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NSC Valuation

P/E Current 21.39
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 20.281
Price to Sales Ratio 4.383
Price to Book Ratio 3.713
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.11
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.584
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.733
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.259

NSC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 618,520.408
Income Per Employee 133,622.449
Receivables Turnover 11.341
Total Asset Turnover 0.281

NSC Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.899
Quick Ratio 0.821
Cash Ratio 0.463

NSC Profitability

Gross Margin 31.048
Operating Margin 31.048
Pretax Margin 27.46
Net Margin 21.604
Return on Assets 6.07
Return on Equity 19.338
Return on Total Capital 8.104
Return on Invested Capital 8.386

NSC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 125.905
Total Debt to Total Capital 55.734
Total Debt to Total Assets 40.837
Long-Term Debt to Equity 121.46
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 53.766
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Annual Financials for Norfolk Southern Corp. - NSC

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
11.14B 12.74B 12.16B 12.12B
Sales Growth
+13.82% +14.39% -4.62% -0.27%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
6.78B 8.01B 9.35B 8.36B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.18B 1.22B 1.30B 1.35B
Depreciation
1.18B 1.22B 1.30B 1.35B
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+6.02% +18.22% +16.67% -10.58%
Gross Income
4.37B 4.73B 2.81B 3.76B
Gross Income Growth
+28.50% +8.43% -40.67% +34.05%
Gross Profit Margin
+39.18% +37.14% +23.10% +31.05%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - 183.00M
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.37B 4.73B 2.81B 3.58B
Non Operating Income/Expense
159.00M 89.00M 234.00M 555.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
646.00M 692.00M 722.00M 807.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+3.36% +7.12% +4.34% +11.77%
Gross Interest Expense
657.00M 708.00M 743.00M 833.00M
Interest Capitalized
11.00M 16.00M 21.00M 26.00M
Pretax Income
3.88B 4.13B 2.32B 3.33B
Pretax Income Growth
+53.28% +6.50% -43.83% +43.49%
Pretax Margin
+34.81% +32.40% +19.09% +27.46%
Income Tax
873.00M 860.00M 493.00M 707.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
689.00M 777.00M 542.00M 531.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
184.00M 83.00M (49.00M) 176.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(2.00M) (2.00M) (3.00M) (3.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Net Income Growth
+49.40% +8.82% -44.19% +43.59%
Net Margin Growth
+26.95% +25.64% +15.00% +21.60%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
EPS (Basic)
12.1628 13.9182 8.0388 11.5834
EPS (Basic) Growth
+54.36% +14.43% -42.24% +44.09%
Basic Shares Outstanding
246.90M 234.80M 226.90M 226.10M
EPS (Diluted)
12.112 13.8752 8.0211 11.5724
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+54.55% +14.56% -42.19% +44.27%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
248.10M 235.60M 227.40M 226.40M
EBITDA
5.55B 5.95B 4.11B 5.12B
EBITDA Growth
+21.86% +7.36% -31.04% +24.62%
EBITDA Margin
+49.78% +46.72% +33.78% +42.21%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 314.056
Number of Ratings 24 Current Quarters Estimate 2.929
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 12.221
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.30 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 11.85 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 13.238
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 21 13 23 23
Mean Estimate 2.93 2.92 12.22 13.24
High Estimates 3.36 3.15 12.77 14.19
Low Estimate 2.67 2.73 11.95 12.00
Coefficient of Variance 5.48 4.60 1.71 3.92

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 5 5 5
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 3
HOLD 16 17 17
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Norfolk Southern Corp. - NSC

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Oct 29, 2025 Richard H. Anderson Director 7,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $281.86 per share 1,973,020.00
Oct 28, 2025 Jason A. Zampi EVP & CFO 3,067 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Jason A. Zampi EVP & CFO 3,025 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $282.5 per share 854,562.50
Oct 28, 2025 Jason A. Zampi EVP & CFO 3,945 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 3,259 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 3,479 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 3,419 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $282.5 per share 965,867.50
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 2,313 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $282.5 per share 653,422.50
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 12,364 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 28, 2025 Anil Bhatt EVP & CIDO 9,105 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 5, 2025 Gilbert H. Lamphere Director 2,947 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 5, 2025 Gilbert H. Lamphere Director 700 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 23, 2025 Richard H. Anderson Director 1,178 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 23, 2025 John C. Huffard Director 2,155 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 23, 2025 John C. Huffard Director 4,564 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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