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Norfolk Southern Corp

NSC

277.990USD

+0.830+0.30%

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62.44BMarket Cap

18.66P/E TTM

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Norfolk Southern Corp

277.990

+0.830+0.30%

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

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

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 an average 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.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

47 / 70

Overall Ranking

224 / 4724

Industry

Freight & Logistics Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 23 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

298.851

Target Price

+8.78%

Upside Space

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

Company 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 4.21, at a medium 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 178.70M shares, decreasing 5.05% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 20.36M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

The company's current financial score is 5.21, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.27. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.99B, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.37%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 1340.38%.

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

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

The company’s current valuation score is 4.80, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 2.87. Its current P/E ratio is 18.38, which is 34.68% below the recent high of 24.75 and 3.05% above the recent low of 17.82.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

4.00

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 47/70

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.83, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.41. The average price target for Norfolk Southern Corp is 300.00, with a high of 339.00 and a low of 233.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.87

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 24 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

300.073

Target Price

+8.27%

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

Canadian National Railway Co

CNI

CSX Corp

CSX

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc

JBHT

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc

CHRW

...

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：2025-09-15

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.67, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.75. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 286.26 and the support level at 263.88, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.86

Change

0.09

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(1)

Neutral(3)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-1.394

Neutral

RSI(14)

50.858

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

60.385

Buy

ATR(14)

3.939

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

8.797

Neutral

Williams %R

28.731

Buy

TRIX(12,20)

-0.056

Sell

StochRSI(14)

100.000

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(1)

Neutral(0)

Buy(5)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

274.338

Buy

MA10

276.123

Buy

MA20

278.259

Sell

MA50

276.053

Buy

MA100

259.202

Buy

MA200

250.628

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is lower than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 7.10. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 79.65%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.01%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 20.36M shares, representing 9.07% of shares outstanding, with 3.23% 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

20.12M

+1.16%

Dodge & Cox

Star Investors

10.67M

-0.21%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

Star Investors

10.86M

+32.96%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

10.28M

+0.46%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

9.46M

+0.25%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

4.79M

+1.94%

EdgePoint Investment Group Inc.

Star Investors

4.00M

+0.75%

JP Morgan Asset Management

4.14M

-12.37%

Boston Partners

4.16M

+3.45%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

3.65M

+20.65%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-15

The U.S. Dollar Index is currently in a neutral state, which has a neutral effect on the Freight & Logistics Services domestic-focused industry. The Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies, including the euro, yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc. The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.61, which is higher than the Freight & Logistics Services industry's average of 4.12. The company's beta value is 1.29. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.