Norfolk Southern Corporation
General ticker "NSC" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Railroads
- Capitalization: $62.3B (TTM average)
Norfolk Southern Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 55.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.6%: low 301.29$, high 311.17$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-08, amount 1.35$ (Y1.77%)
- Total employees count: 19600 (-3.4%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance, Environmental liabilities, Cybersecurity threats, Strategic risks and growth management
- Current price 12.3% above estimated high
- Earnings for 15 months up through Q1 (+1 year) are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [186.30$, 272.17$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [186.39$, 271.78$]
Financial Metrics affecting the NSC estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 19.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.60
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 33.58 > 18.39
- Positive: 1.81 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.66
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -3.44 <= -0.16
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 15.49 > 9.60
- Positive: 0.05 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.79
- Positive: 19.24 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 32.75 <= 42.59
- Negative: 0 < Inventory ratio change, % of 0.11
- Positive: 5.46 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.47
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $12,745.00MM | $12,156.00MM | $12,123.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $7,936.00MM | $9,305.00MM | $8,052.00MM |
| Operating Income | $4,809.00MM | $2,851.00MM | $4,071.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-679.00MM | $-531.00MM | $-742.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $692.00MM | $722.00MM | $807.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $4,130.00MM | $2,320.00MM | $3,329.00MM |
| Taxes | $860.00MM | $493.00MM | $707.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $3,270.00MM | $1,827.00MM | $2,622.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $12,733.00MM | $12,781.00MM | $14,306.00MM |
| Inventory | $253.00MM | $264.00MM | $277.00MM |
| Assets | $38,885.00MM | $41,652.00MM | $43,682.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $4,222.00MM | $3,179.00MM | $4,052.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,948.00MM | $2,349.00MM | $2,381.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,603.00MM | $-2,182.00MM | $-2,780.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-3,002.00MM | $115.00MM | $-1,199.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $13.93 | $8.05 | $11.60 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.