Norfolk Southern Corporation
General ticker "NSC" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Railroads
- Capitalization: $64.8B (TTM average)
Norfolk Southern Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 50.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 329.24$, high 338.64$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-07-23 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-08, amount 1.35$ (Y1.59%)
- 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
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 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 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [243.70$, 336.77$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [254.99$, 350.44$]
Financial Metrics affecting the NSC estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 23.3 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 6.62 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.65
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 32.91 > 18.40
- Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 34.37 <= 42.57
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.97
- Positive: 5.50 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 6.81
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.26 <= -0.15
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 11.06 > 9.66
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.06 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $12,156.00MM | $12,123.00MM | $12,180.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $9,305.00MM | $8,052.00MM | $7,824.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,851.00MM | $4,071.00MM | $4,356.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-531.00MM | $-742.00MM | $-691.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $722.00MM | $807.00MM | $792.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,320.00MM | $3,329.00MM | $3,665.00MM |
| Taxes | $493.00MM | $707.00MM | $792.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $1,827.00MM | $2,622.00MM | $2,873.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $12,781.00MM | $14,306.00MM | $15,547.00MM |
| Inventory | $264.00MM | $277.00MM | $271.00MM |
| Assets | $41,652.00MM | $43,682.00MM | $45,236.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $3,179.00MM | $4,052.00MM | $4,361.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $2,349.00MM | $2,381.00MM | $2,204.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,182.00MM | $-2,780.00MM | $-2,562.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $115.00MM | $-1,199.00MM | $-1,910.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $8.05 | $11.60 | $12.78 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.