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Norfolk Southern

NSC · NYSE

$325.57+$2.09 (+0.65%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $323.48

About NSC

Norfolk Southern Corp. is a transportation company, which engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and currently employs 19,300 full-time employees. The firm is engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. The company also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The company offers an intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States. Its railroad operations system reaches various manufacturing plants, electric generating facilities, mines, distribution centers and transload facilities. The company serves various industries such as agriculture, forest and consumer products, automotive, chemicals, and metals and construction. Its coal franchise supports the electric generation market, directly serving over 18 coal-fired power plants, as well as the export, domestic metallurgical, and industrial markets, through direct rail and river, lake, and coastal.

Employees
19,300
Headquarters
Atlanta, Georgia
Listed
Jun 2, 1982
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Ground Transportation
Website
norfolksouthern.com

NSC key statistics

Market cap
73.13B
Price-earnings ratio
27.60
Dividend yield
1.66%
Average volume
763.45K
Volume
1.50M
Open price
$324.85
High today
$327.37
Low today
$324.14
52 Week high
$358.60
52 Week low
$277.80

Norfolk Southern (NSC) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Norfolk Southern (NSC) shares are priced at $325.57, giving the company a market cap of 73.13B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.60 and a dividend yield of 1.66%.

Today the stock has traded between $324.14 and $327.37. The current price is 0.4% above the day's low and 0.5% below its high.

Volume so far is 1.50M shares, above the average of 763.45K shares a day.

Over the past year Norfolk Southern has ranged from $277.80 to $358.60, and now sits 59% of the way up that range.

Norfolk Southern met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 6 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $3.52 per share against an estimate of $3.34.

The average analyst price target is $372.11, 14.3% above the current price, from 14 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

43%of 14 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy42.9%
  • Hold57.1%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 20 analystsAvg $372.11
Low
$299.97
Now
$325.57
High
$434.70

NSC earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 6 of the last 8 quarters, by 5.5% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $3.25 per share against an estimate of $3.14
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $3.04 per share against an estimate of $2.98
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $2.69 per share against an estimate of $2.72
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $3.29 per share against an estimate of $3.34
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $3.30 per share against an estimate of $3.22
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $3.22 per share against an estimate of $2.79
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $2.65 per share against an estimate of $2.54
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $3.52 per share against an estimate of $3.34

NSC news

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Norfolk Southern to announce third quarter 2026 earnings results on October 22, 2026

  • 'Contractor Played Down Contamination Risks After Ohio Train Disaster, Worker Says' - WSJ Exclusive

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Combination Gains Additional Momentum

  • Union Pacific Corp Says Surface Transportation Board Unanimously Rejects Opponents’ Requests To Dismiss Merger Application Without Review

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    More Than 500 Customers Back Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Combination as a Catalyst for American Growth

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    SC Gov. Henry McMaster Voices Support for Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Norfolk Southern to present at Morgan Stanely 14th Annual Laguna Conference

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    STB Should Reject Opponents’ Baseless Prima Facie Challenges; Union Pacific – Norfolk Southern Merger Application Easily Meets the Standard

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