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Norfolk Southern Corporation Common Stock

Industrials · Road & Rail Website · IPO Jun 1982
$296.29
▲ +$0.99 (+0.34%)
Vol 1.4M
Mkt Cap
$66.5B
P/E
23.2
ROE
19.2%
Margin
23.6%
Beta
1.32
Div Yield
1.83%
52W
$203–$320

Wall Street Consensus

27 analysts · Apr 2026
3
Strong Buy
7
Buy
17
Hold
0
Sell
0
Strong Sell
37.0%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

Earnings

Beat rate: 50.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Dec 2025 $2.79 $3.22 +$0.43
Sep 2025 $3.22 $3.30 +$0.08
Jun 2025 $3.34 $3.29 $-0.05
Mar 2025 $2.72 $2.69 $-0.03

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1…
Revenue $3.0B $3.0B $3.1B $3.1B $3.0B
Net Income $733.0M $750.0M $768.0M $711.0M $644.0M

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
6.5%
P/S (TTM)
5.46
P/B
4.5
EPS (TTM)
$12.75
CF/Share
$14.73
Rev Growth 3Y
-1.5%
52W High
$319.94
52W Low
$202.95
$202.95 52-Week Range $319.94

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
$334.0M
Net Debt
$15.8B
Cash
$1.5B
Total Debt
$17.3B
As of Dec 31, 2025

How does NSC compare to Road & Rail peers?

Peer group: Peers · Road & Rail (Peers) · 4 companies

NSC CSX UNP FIP

NSC valuation vs Road & Rail peers

P/E ratio
23.2
0% below peers (23.2)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Fair value
P/S ratio
5.5
7% above peers (5.1)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Overvalued
P/B ratio
4.5
5% below peers (4.8)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Fair value
Div yield
1.8%
9% below peers (2.0%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Low yield

NSC profitability vs Road & Rail peers

ROE
19.2%
10% below peers (21.2%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Net margin
23.6%
7% above peers (22.1%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Gross margin
49.4%
31% below peers (71.2%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
ROA
6.5%
2% below peers (6.6%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak

NSC financial health vs Road & Rail peers

D/E ratio
0% below peers (225.5)
vs Peers
vs Industry
High debt
Current ratio
0.9
0% below peers (0.9)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Beta
1.3
1% above peers (1.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Less volatile

NSC fundamentals radar

NSC Peer median Industry

NSC profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

NSC vs peers: key metrics