Norfolk Southern Corporation
General ticker "NSC" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Railroads
- Capitalization: $58.1B (TTM average)
Norfolk Southern Corporation closely follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 77.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 0.8%: low 286.97$, high 291.50$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-01-29 bmo
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-07, amount 1.35$ (Y1.86%)
- Total employees count: 20200 (-36.9%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Regulatory and compliance, Operational and conduct risks, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Climate change and natural disasters, Economic downturns and volatility
- Current price 12.3% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are close to 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: [182.06$, 256.05$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [183.51$, 258.82$]
Financial Metrics affecting the NSC estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 19.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 33.58 > 18.33
- Positive: 6.63 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 7.62
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 32.75 <= 42.53
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 1.52 <= 3.31
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.08
- Positive: 1.77 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.66
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.11 <= 0.82
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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 |
| Profit(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.