norfolk southern corp. - NSC

NSC

Close Chg Chg %
252.93 -2.52 -1.00%

Closed Market

250.41

-2.52 (1.00%)

Volume: 377.77K

Last Updated:

Feb 6, 2025, 2:46 PM EDT

Company Overview: norfolk southern corp. - NSC

NSC Key Data

Open

$253.17

Day Range

250.13 - 253.81

52 Week Range

206.71 - 277.60

Market Cap

$57.13B

Shares Outstanding

226.24M

Public Float

226.08M

Beta

1.35

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.80

EPS

$8.35

Yield

213.85%

Dividend

$1.35

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 7, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.28M

 

NSC Performance

1 Week
 
-1.09%
 
1 Month
 
7.94%
 
3 Months
 
-7.05%
 
1 Year
 
-0.91%
 
5 Years
 
20.14%
 

NSC Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 27
Full Ratings ➔

About norfolk southern corp. - NSC

Norfolk Southern Corp. is a transportation company, which engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. The company also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. Its services include property leases and sales, wire line or pipeline and fiber optics projects, access property, managing private crossings, promoting businesses with signboards, and natural resource management. The company was founded on July 23, 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

NSC At a Glance

Norfolk Southern Corp.
650 West Peachtree Street North West
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1925
Phone 1-855-667-3655 Revenue 12.12B
Industry Railroads Net Income 2.62B
Sector Transportation Employees N/A
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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NSC Valuation

P/E Current 21.803
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 20.265
Price to Sales Ratio 4.383
Price to Book Ratio 3.713
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.114
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.253
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.667
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.25

NSC Efficiency

Revenue/Employee N/A
Income Per Employee N/A
Receivables Turnover 11.341
Total Asset Turnover 0.282

NSC Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.899
Quick Ratio 0.821
Cash Ratio 0.463

NSC Profitability

Gross Margin 35.09
Operating Margin 35.09
Pretax Margin 27.46
Net Margin 21.628
Return on Assets 6.107
Return on Equity 19.36
Return on Total Capital 8.321
Return on Invested Capital 8.495

NSC Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 120.271
Total Debt to Total Capital 54.601
Total Debt to Total Assets 39.389
Long-Term Debt to Equity 116.392
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 52.84
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Norfolk Southern Corp. - NSC

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
11.14B 12.74B 12.16B 12.12B
Sales Growth
+13.82% +14.39% -4.62% -0.27%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
6.78B 8.01B 9.35B 7.87B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.18B 1.22B 1.30B 1.35B
Depreciation
1.18B 1.22B 1.30B 1.35B
Amortization of Intangibles
- - - -
-
COGS Growth
+6.02% +18.22% +16.67% -15.82%
Gross Income
4.37B 4.73B 2.81B 4.25B
Gross Income Growth
+28.50% +8.43% -40.67% +51.50%
Gross Profit Margin
+39.18% +37.14% +23.10% +35.09%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - 183.00M
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.37B 4.73B 2.81B 4.07B
Non Operating Income/Expense
159.00M 89.00M 234.00M 65.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
646.00M 692.00M 722.00M 807.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+3.36% +7.12% +4.34% +11.77%
Gross Interest Expense
657.00M 708.00M 743.00M 807.00M
Interest Capitalized
- 11.00M 16.00M 21.00M
Pretax Income
3.88B 4.13B 2.32B 3.33B
Pretax Income Growth
+53.28% +6.50% -43.83% +43.49%
Pretax Margin
+34.81% +32.40% +19.09% +27.46%
Income Tax
873.00M 860.00M 493.00M 707.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 689.00M 777.00M 542.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 184.00M 83.00M (49.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- (2.00M) (2.00M) (3.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Net Income Growth
+49.40% +8.82% -44.19% +43.75%
Net Margin Growth
+26.95% +25.64% +15.00% +21.63%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.00B 3.27B 1.82B 2.62B
EPS (Basic)
- 12.1628 13.9182 8.0388
EPS (Basic) Growth
- +54.36% +14.43% -42.24%
Basic Shares Outstanding
- 246.90M 234.80M 226.90M
EPS (Diluted)
12.112 13.8752 8.0211 11.5813
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+54.55% +14.56% -42.19% +44.39%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
248.10M 235.60M 227.40M 226.40M
EBITDA
5.55B 5.95B 4.11B 5.61B
EBITDA Growth
+21.86% +7.36% -31.04% +36.56%
EBITDA Margin
+49.78% +46.72% +33.78% +46.25%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 281.565
Number of Ratings 27 Current Quarters Estimate 2.888
FY Report Date 03 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 13.051
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.04 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 11.85 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 14.91
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 23 23 26 24
Mean Estimate 2.89 3.29 13.05 14.91
High Estimates 3.08 3.48 13.50 15.56
Low Estimate 2.72 3.16 12.70 13.68
Coefficient of Variance 3.25 2.21 1.57 2.91

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 12 12 13
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 3
HOLD 11 11 12
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Norfolk Southern Corp. - NSC

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 68,475 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $120.25 per share 8,234,118.75
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 35,045 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $255.98 per share 8,970,819.10
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 55,255 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $70.32 per share 3,885,531.60
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 86,370 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $214.5 per share 18,526,365.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 80,010 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $149.58 per share 11,967,895.80
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 83,410 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $165.79 per share 13,828,543.90
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 2, 2024 Alan H. Shaw 76,530 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $241.18 per share 18,457,505.40
Aug 6, 2024 Sameh Fahmy Director 7,700 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $245.15 per share 1,887,655.00
Aug 6, 2024 Sameh Fahmy Director 8,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $241.65 per share 1,933,200.00
Aug 1, 2024 Richard H. Anderson Director 460 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 1, 2024 Gilbert H. Lamphere Director 460 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 1, 2024 Richard H. Anderson Director 3,000 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $247.48 per share 742,440.00
Aug 1, 2024 Claude Mongeau Director 4,397 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Aug 1, 2024 William R. Clyburn Director 460 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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