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Norfolk Southern Corporation

Ticker: NSC ISIN: US6558441084
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer High beta Trading above 200-day average Near 52-week high
Market cap
$62.77B
P/E
18.88
Forward P/E
22.22
Profit margin
27.51%
Revenue growth QoQ
2.20%
Div. yield
1.92%
Beta
1.30
$351.24 -0.49%
Price as of 2026-08-25 · NYSE

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month +2.70%
6 Months +13.57%
1 Year +29.19%
5 Years +8.39% p.a.+49.56%
10 Years +16.43% p.a.+357.12%
Since inception +14.65% p.a.+2,936.57%
Calendar year returns
YTD +23.21%
2025 +25.65%
2024 +1.55%
2023 -1.63%
2022 -15.59%
2021 +27.26%

Key stats

Market cap
62.77B
P/E
18.88
Dividend yield
1.92%
Beta
1.30
52-week range
199.43 - 286.71
50-day MA
267.10
200-day MA
249.06
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals consist of sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sector Industrials
Industry Railroads
Country United States
Exchange NYSE
Section 2

Financial quality

Above-average volatility

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 24.13%
ROA 6.75%
Profit margin 27.51%
Operating margin 37.27%
PEG ratio 2.68
Revenue/share TTM 53.91
Revenue TTM 12.18B
EBITDA 6.06B
Gross profit TTM 6.06B
Beta 1.30

Valuation

Trailing P/E 18.88
Forward P/E 22.22
P/B 4.26
P/S 5.15
EV/EBITDA 12.15
EV/Revenue 6.49

ESG Scores

Total ESG 25.8
Environment 11.9
Social 13.3
Governance 6.0
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 12.57
Quarterly earnings growth 4.90%
Revenue TTM 12.18B
Reported quarters 123
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 1.92%
Forward annual div. yield 1.92%
Dividend per share 5.4000
Payout ratio 41.89%
Ex-dividend date 2025-08-01
Next dividend date 2025-08-20
Split factor 3:1
Last split date 1997-10-10
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Analyst

Analyst target price $258.04
Analyst rating 3.8519

Ownership & short interest

Shares outstanding 224.35M
Shares float 224.19M
Institutional ownership 80.57%
Insider ownership 6.60%
Short ratio 1.00
Short % of float 1.22%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol NSC
Name Norfolk Southern Corporation
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NYSE
Currency USD
ISIN US6558441084
Country USA
Code + exchange NSC.NYSE
Last price date 2025-08-18
Fundamentals updated 2025-08-19

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