Norfolk Southern/$NSC
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About Norfolk Southern
Class I railroad Norfolk Southern operates in the Eastern United States. On more than 20,000 miles of track, the railroad hauls shipments of coal, intermodal traffic, and a diverse mix of automotive, agricultural, metal, chemical, and forest products.
- Ticker
- $NSC
- Sector
- Mobility
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 19,300
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States
- Website
- www.norfolksouthern.com
Norfolk Southern Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$77B
28.73
$11.92
1.28
$5.40
1.58%
Price and volume
Market cap
$77B
Beta
1.28
52-week high
$358.60
52-week low
$277.80
Average daily volume
821K
Dividend rate
$5.40
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.903
Quick ratio
0.768
Long term debt to equity
0.986
Total debt to equity
0.993
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
45.19%
Interest coverage (TTM)
5.66%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
5,856
Gross margin (TTM)
44.68%
Net profit margin (TTM)
20.70%
Operating margin (TTM)
34.17%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.66%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$670,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
6.12%
Return on equity (TTM)
16.84%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
28.734
Price to revenue (TTM)
5.935
Price to book
4.6
Price to tangible book (TTM)
4.6
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
46.668
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
2.14%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
7.342
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.58%
Forward dividend yield
1.58%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
5.99%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-9.05%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
1.71%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
2.72%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
9.27%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
8.24%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
0.69%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
8.63%
What the Analysts think about Norfolk Southern
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Norfolk Southern stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Norfolk Southern stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Third-quarter revenue hit a record $3.5bn, up 14%, while adjusted earnings per share rose 10% to $3.62 and beat analysts’ estimates. That shows earnings growth despite a mixed cost backdrop. (Norfolk Southern, Reuters)
Tight trucking capacity is helping rail win freight: third-quarter volumes rose 3% across the business, with domestic intermodal units up 10%. This gives Norfolk Southern a route to grow share if truck capacity stays constrained. (Reuters, The Motley Fool)
Operating changes are creating room to handle more freight: in Q3, Norfolk Southern reduced crew starts by 95 a week and kept 200 fewer cars a day in its terminals. The company is targeting at least $650m of cumulative savings from productivity initiatives. (The Motley Fool)
Underlying efficiency weakened: the adjusted operating ratio rose 210 basis points year on year to 65.4%. Higher fuel costs, inflation and volume-related expenses are limiting how much of the revenue growth reaches operating profit. (Norfolk Southern)
Staffing could constrain service when freight demand jumps. Management says train-crew hiring is difficult because many recruits leave during the six-month training process, and earlier this year a union raised concerns about crew shortages and slower network speeds. (The Motley Fool, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
East Palestine remains a legal overhang: a federal court certified a narrower shareholder class action alleging safety-related misstatements, and Norfolk Southern reported $189m of incident-related accruals at the end of September. (Bloomberg Law, StockTitan)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Norfolk Southern
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $NSC weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Global Infrastructure€INFR | $2.5B | 2.30% |
iShares S&P 500 Industrials Sector€2B7C | $787M | 1.44% |
iShares S&P 500 Industrials Sector£IISU | $787M | 1.44% |
SPDR S&P 500 Low Volatility$LOWV | $113M | 1.00% |
SPDR S&P 500 Low Volatility£USLV | $113M | 1.00% |
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