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Norfolk Southern Corp

NSC

283.380USD

+1.760+0.62%

Close 10/31, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

63.59BMarket Cap

21.49P/E TTM

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Norfolk Southern Corp

283.380

+1.760+0.62%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Company

Financials

Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Norfolk Southern Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Norfolk Southern Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

51 / 73

Overall Ranking

304 / 4618

Industry

Freight & Logistics Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 24 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

311.118

Target Price

+10.47%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Norfolk Southern Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a holding company, which is engaged in the rail transportation business. The Company is engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. The Company also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It offers an intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States. Its railroad operations system reaches various manufacturing plants, electric generating facilities, mines, distribution centers and transload facilities. It is also a transporter of industrial products, including agricultural, forest and consumer products, chemicals, and metals and construction materials. It serves every container port and a principal carrier of coal, automobiles and automotive parts. It operates Great Lakes Reload (GLR) property in Chicago, a transload and warehouse facility.

High Dividend

The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 46.62%.

Stable Dividend

The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 46.62%.

Fairly Valued

The company’s latest PB is 4.20, at a medium 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 181.39M shares, decreasing 1.39% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by EDGEPOINT CANADIAN PORTFOLIO

Star Investor EDGEPOINT CANADIAN PORTFOLIO holds 4.18M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 5.21, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.19. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 3.10B, representing a year-over-year increase of 1.70%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 35.30%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.21

Change

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Financials

4.50

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

5.42

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

6.58

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

4.00

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

5.55

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Norfolk Southern Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 7.09, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.45. Its current P/E ratio is 21.58, which is 88.57% below the recent high of 40.69 and 34.80% above the recent low of 14.07.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.09

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 51/73

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.83, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.43. The average price target for Norfolk Southern Corp is 305.00, with a high of 361.00 and a low of 282.24.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.83

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 24 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

311.118

Target Price

+10.47%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Norfolk Southern Corp

NSC

Union Pacific Corp

UNP

CSX Corp

CSX

Canadian National Railway Co

CNI

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc

CHRW

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc

JBHT

...

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.67, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.19. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 297.14 and the support level at 274.02, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.53

Change

0.14

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(3)

Neutral(2)

Buy(2)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-2.424

Sell

RSI(14)

43.572

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

25.011

Buy

ATR(14)

4.094

Low Volatility

CCI(14)

-59.961

Neutral

Williams %R

65.677

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

-0.123

Sell

StochRSI(14)

100.000

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(3)

Neutral(0)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

281.314

Buy

MA10

284.046

Sell

MA20

288.185

Sell

MA50

285.627

Sell

MA100

277.375

Buy

MA200

257.743

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 5.38. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 74.13%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 6.93%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 20.36M shares, representing 9.07% of shares outstanding, with 3.21% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

20.36M

+1.16%

Dodge & Cox

Star Investors

10.86M

+1.81%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Star Investors

10.58M

-2.61%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

10.09M

-1.84%

State Street Investment Management (US)

9.38M

-0.82%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

4.82M

+0.76%

EdgePoint Investment Group Inc.

Star Investors

4.18M

+4.62%

JP Morgan Asset Management

3.78M

-8.74%

Boston Partners

3.76M

-9.63%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

3.45M

-5.33%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

There is no risk assessment score for the company; the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average is 5.54. The company's beta value is 1.31. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.