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NSC Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	78.8B
Revenue (ttm)	12.5B
Net income (ttm)	2.6B
EPS (ttm)	$11.7
Shares out	224.6M
P/E (trailing)	29.9x
P/E (forward)	25.6x
Dividend	$5.40 (1.54%)
Volume	1,194,194

Beta	1.26

Price target	$361	+3.0%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000702165
Company name	Norfolk Southern Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	655844108
Employees	19,300
Employees Change	-300%
Employees Change Percent	-1.53
Enterprise value	$94.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Railroads
Industry PE	27.3
Industry PE Fwd	23.83
Isin	US6558441084
Last refreshed	2026-07-27
Market cap	$78.8B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$351
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	649,740.93x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.86
Sector PE Fwd	30.15
Sic	4011
Symbol	NSC
Website	https://www.norfolksouthern.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.34%
EV Earnings	36.02x
EV Sales Forward	7.02x
EV/EBIT	23.5x
EV/EBITDA	17.41x
EV/FCF	58.15x
EV/Sales	7.56x
FCF yield	2.07%
Forward P/E	25.64x
P/B ratio	4.85x
P/E ratio	29.93x
P/S ratio	6.28x
PE Ratio10 Y	20.22x
PE Ratio3 Y	24.32x
PE Ratio5 Y	22.31x
PEG ratio	4.15x
PS Forward	5.83x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	32.19%
EBITDA Margin	43.44%
FCF margin	13.01%
Gross margin	45.16%
Gross Profit	$5.7B
Gross Profit Growth	-6.49%
Gross Profit Growth Q	5.05%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-1.47%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.46%
Net Income	$2.6B
Net Income Growth	-21.31%
Net Income Growth Q	-4.43%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	0.84%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-0.71%
Pretax Margin	26.82%
Profit Margin	21.02%
Profit Per Employee	$136,425
Profitable Quarters	$105
Profitable Years	35
ROA	5.95
Roa5y	6.8
ROCE	9.67
ROE	16.98
Roe5y	19.77
ROIC	10.35
Roic5y	11.97

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	16.68%
Cagr15y	13.21%
Cagr1y	27.46%
Cagr20y	13.17%
Cagr3y	17.12%
Cagr5y	7.99%
Div CAGR10	8.63%
Div CAGR3	0.69%
Div CAGR5	6.13%
EPS Growth	-20.89
EPS Growth Q	-4.37
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	1.64
EPS Growth5 Y	1.69
FCF Growth	-19.42%
FCF Growth Q	2.16%
FCF Growth3 Y	-6.54%
FCF Growth5 Y	-8.83%
OCF Growth	-11.23%
OCF Growth Q	-2.14%
OCF Growth10 Y	2.77%
OCF Growth3 Y	-2.74%
OCF Growth5 Y	-1.26%
Revenue Growth	2.97x
Revenue Growth Q	11.42x
Revenue Growth Quarters	2x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-0.4x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.58x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.28
Assets	$45.1B
Cash	$1.1B
Current Assets	$2.8B
Current Liabilities	$3.4B
Debt	$17.2B
Debt EBITDA	$3.15
Debt Equity	$1.06
Debt FCF	$10.52
Equity	$16.3B
Interest Coverage	5.13
Liabilities	$28.9B
Long Term Assets	$42.3B
Long Term Liabilities	$25.5B
Net Cash	$-16.1B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-20.42
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.95
Net Debt Equity	$0.99
Net Debt FCF	$9.86
Tangible Book Value	$16.3B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$72.36
WACC	9.84

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.83
Inventory Turnover	21.49
Net Working Capital	$-989M
Quick ratio	0.67
Working Capital	$-569M
Working Capital Turnover	$-18.87

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.55%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$5.4
Dividend Years	45
Dividend Yield	1.54%
Ex Div Date	2026-08-07
Last Dividend	$1.35
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	46.09%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	367.57%
1Y total return	27.44%
200-day SMA	300.9
3Y total return	60.66%
50-day SMA	317.5
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	46.83%
All Time High	358.6
All Time High Change	-2.21%
All Time High Date	2026-07-23
All Time Low	4.47
All Time Low Change	7,741.23%
All Time Low Date	1982-06-18
ATR	7.4
Beta	1.26
Beta1y	0.22
Beta2y	0.7
Ch YTD	21.45
High	353.5
High52	358.6
High52 Date	2026-07-23
High52ch	-2.21%
Low	347.3
Low52	268.2
Low52 Date	2025-09-10
Low52ch	30.73%
Ma50ch	10.43%
Premarket Change Percent	0.82
Premarket Price	$351
Premarket Volume	475
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.55%
RSI	73.15
RSI Monthly	66.34
RSI Weekly	72.53
Sharpe ratio	1.09x
Sortino ratio	2.03
Total Return	2.09%
Tr YTD	22.52
Tr15y	542.74%
Tr1m	15.58%
Tr1w	3.09%
Tr3m	9.56%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	21
Analyst Count Top	14
Analyst Price Target Top	$358
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$3.2
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-2.74
Earnings Revenue Estimate	3,253,382,272x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.61x
Operating Income	$4.3B
Operating Income Growth	-9.2
Operating Income Growth Q	5.52
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-3.03
Operating Income Growth5 Y	0.72
Operating margin	33.91
Price target	$361
Price Target Change	$2.06
Price Target Change Top	$2.12

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	224,269,078%
Float Percent	99.85%
Net Borrowing	-913,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.05%
Shares Institutions	77.85%
Shares Out	224,608,373
Shares Qo Q	0%
Shares Yo Y	-0.55%
Short Float	3.8%
Short Ratio	7.59
Short Shares	3.8

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$1.6B
Average Volume	1,016,912.4x
Bv Per Share	72.36
CAPEX	$-2.1B
Ch10y	281.1
Ch15y	360.1
Ch1m	15.58
Ch1w	3.09
Ch1y	25.12
Ch20y	656.2
Ch3m	9.09
Ch3y	50.49
Ch5y	32.17
Ch6m	22.01
Change	0.61%
Change From Open	-0.26
Close	348.6
Days Gap	0.87
Depreciation Amortization	1,411,000,000
Dollar Volume	418,756,068
Earnings Date	2026-07-23
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$4B
EBITDA	$5.4B
EPS	$11.72
F Score	6
FCF	$1.6B
FCF EV Yield	1.72x
FCF Per Share	$7.26
Financing CF	-2,210,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,980
Graham Number	138.11493
Graham Upside	-60.61
Income Tax	$727M
Investing CF	-1,756,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-23
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	1997-10-10
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-09
Lynch Fair Value	$58.58
Lynch Upside	-83.29
Ma150	305.2
Ma150ch	14.9%
Ma20	327.9
Ma20ch	6.93%
Net CF	-234,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-22
Open	351.6
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	48.29
P OCF Ratio	21.1
Payment Date	2026-08-20
Position In Range	54.31
Post Close	350.7
Postmarket Change Percent	0.24
Postmarket Price	$352
Ppne	36,626,000,000
Pre Close	348.6
Price Date	2026-07-24
Price EBITDA	$14.46
Ptbv Ratio	4.85
Relative Volume	1.17x
Revenue	12,540,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	5.8x
Tax Rate	21.62%
Tr20y	1,086.97%
Tr6m	23.08%
Us State	Georgia
Volume	1,194,194
Z Score	2.37

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