Norfolk Southern Corporation is a railroads business based in the US. Norfolk Southern Corporation shares (NSC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $224.07 – an increase of 1.04% over the previous week. Norfolk Southern Corporation employs 19,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.1 billion.
The Finder Score crunches 147 key metrics we collected directly from 18+ brokers and assessed each provider’s performance based on nine different categories, weighing each metric based on the expertise and insights of Finder’s investment experts. We then scored and ranked each provider to determine the best brokerage accounts.
We update our best picks as products change, disappear or emerge in the market. We also regularly review and revise our selections to ensure our best provider lists reflect the most competitive available.
Paid non-client promotion. Finder does not invest money with providers on this page. If a brand is a referral partner, we're paid when you click or tap through to, open an account with or provide your contact information to the provider. Partnerships are not a recommendation for you to invest with any one company. Learn more about how we make money.
Finder is not an advisor or brokerage service. Information on this page is for educational purposes only and not a recommendation to invest with any one company, trade specific stocks or fund specific investments. All editorial opinions are our own.
| Latest market close | $224.07 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $200.40 - $274.43 |
| 50-day moving average | $231.42 |
| 200-day moving average | $244.57 |
| Wall St. target price | $257.88 |
| PE ratio | 15.2464 |
| Dividend yield | $5.4 (2.42%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $14.65 |
The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. This is not a recommendation, however. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.
This chart is not advice or a guarantee of success. Rather, it gauges the real-time recommendations of three popular technical indicators: moving averages, oscillators and pivots. Finder is not responsible for how your stock performs.
Historical closes compared with the close of $218.63 from 2025-05-06
| 1 week (2025-05-02) | -2.55% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-09) | -1.53% |
| 3 months (2025-02-07) | -12.23% |
| 6 months (2024-11-08) | -19.52% |
| 1 year (2024-05-09) | -3.40% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-08) | 10.66% |
| 3 years (2022-05-09) | 232.7246 |
| 5 years (2020-05-08) | 38.75% |
Valuing Norfolk Southern Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Norfolk Southern Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Norfolk Southern Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Norfolk Southern Corporation shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Norfolk Southern Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0814. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Norfolk Southern Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Norfolk Southern Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Norfolk Southern Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $12.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 32.84% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.74% |
| Return on equity TTM | 24.54% |
| Profit margin | 27.4% |
| Book value | $64.37 |
| Market Capitalization | $50.4 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Norfolk Southern Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 25.77
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Norfolk Southern Corporation's overall score of 25.77 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 39th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Norfolk Southern Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 11.94/100
Norfolk Southern Corporation's environmental score of 11.94 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Norfolk Southern Corporation is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 13.27/100
Norfolk Southern Corporation's social score of 13.27 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Norfolk Southern Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 6.05/100
Norfolk Southern Corporation's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Norfolk Southern Corporation is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Norfolk Southern Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Norfolk Southern Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Norfolk Southern Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 25.77 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 39.34 |
| Environmental score | 11.94 |
| Environmental score percentile | 5 |
| Social score | 13.27 |
| Social score percentile | 5 |
| Governance score | 6.05 |
| Governance score percentile | 5 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 37.16% of net profits
Recently Norfolk Southern Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Norfolk Southern Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Norfolk Southern Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $5.4 per share.
While Norfolk Southern Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Norfolk Southern Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Norfolk Southern Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 19 May 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 1 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Norfolk Southern Corporation's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 9 October 1997 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Norfolk Southern Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Norfolk Southern Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Norfolk Southern Corporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Norfolk Southern Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $200.4026 up to $274.4289. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Norfolk Southern Corporation's is 1.301. This would suggest that Norfolk Southern Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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 consist of 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. .
Steps to owning and managing UPS, with 24-hour and historical pricing before you buy.