Stock · NSC · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1982 · Revenue 12 mo. $13B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States.
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals, including sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Summary
53.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.9B (2025), it supports €21.5B. The remaining €45.9B of the market value assume it grows 15.9% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
15.9%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 19.0×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.1× to 16.9×, median 14.9×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
8 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 18.48% | 13.10% | Rank 69 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 10.99% | 19.33% | Rank 22 |
| EBIT margin | 32.91% | 11.28% | Rank 94 |
| FCF margin | 17.71% | 8.50% | Rank 87 |
| Gross margin | 42.43% | 28.98% | Rank 82 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 0.47% | 5.15% | Rank 24 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −2.71% | 8.01% | Rank 26 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 10.25% | 12.89% | Rank 39 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 18.10% | 4.02% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 3.99% | 4.42% | Rank 42 |
| FCF yield | 2.87% | 3.98% | Rank 33 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 7.44 | 2.08 | Rank 7 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 22.62 | 19.47 | Rank 39 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 3.81% | −0.01% | Rank 57 |
| Share price, 6 months | 3.03% | −1.43% | Rank 58 |
| Share price, 3 months | 0.82% | 0.53% | Rank 52 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −9.36% | −16.36% | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 2.42% | 1.39% | Rank 39 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.71% | −0.44% | Rank 55 |
| Dividend streak in years | 25 | 5 | Rank 93 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.20% | 0.27% | Rank 80 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 34.37% | 39.65% | Rank 37 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.66 | 1.38 | Rank 23 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.10 | 0.61 | Rank 26 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 21.55% | 32.95% | Rank 92 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9.9 | 31.1% | $1.1B | 296M | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 10.6 | 33.4% | $1.5B | 290M | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 11.5 | 34.6% | $1.8B | 280M | 10.8 |
| 2019 | 11.3 | 34.5% | $1.9B | 266M | 12.2 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 34.7% | $2.1B | 257M | 12.0 |
| 2021 | 11.1 | 39.2% | $2.8B | 248M | 13.4 |
| 2022 | 12.7 | 37.1% | $2.3B | 236M | 15.1 |
| 2023 | 12.2 | 23.5% | $830.0M | 227M | 16.0 |
| 2024 | 12.1 | 31.1% | $1.7B | 226M | 15.8 |
| 2025 | 12.2 | 32.9% | $2.2B | 225M | 15.6 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Norfolk Southern Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Norfolk Southern Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
3 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Norfolk Southern Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 25.0 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 18.5% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 34.4% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.10 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| NSC | Norfolk Southern Corporationthis page | |
| CSX | CSX Corporation | Low3.6 |
| WAB | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp | Medium5.5 |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corporation | Low3.6 |
| CNR.TO | Canadian National Railway Co | locked |
| CP.TO | Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd | locked |
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