NSC

Norfolk Southern Corp

Jun 02 • 01:21PM ET

306.11

+0.95 0.31 %

Industrials • Railroads • USA • Large • NYSE

Jun 01, 9:50 AMNorfolk Southern names Brian Barr COO effective June 1, 2026 as John Orr retires ahead of Union Pacific merger

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	25.80	EPS (ttm)	11.86	Insider Own	0.10%	Shs Outstand	224.59M	Perf Week	-4.41%
Market Cap	68.75B	Forward P/E	22.67	EPS next Y	13.50	Insider Trans	0.09%	Shs Float	224.36M	Perf Month	-3.10%
Enterprise Value	84.51B	PEG	3.91	EPS next Q	3.15	Inst Own	77.21%	Short Float	3.20%	Perf Quarter	-3.51%
Income	2.67B	P/S	5.64	EPS this Y	-2.83%	Inst Trans	-1.21%	Short Ratio	5.51	Perf Half Y	4.80%
Sales	12.19B	P/B	4.35	EPS next Y	11.27%	ROA	6.00%	Short Interest	7.18M	Perf YTD	6.02%
Book/sh	70.37	P/C	51.27	EPS next 5Y	5.79%	ROE	17.60%	52W High	326.00 -6.10%	Perf Year	24.81%
Cash/sh	5.97	P/FCF	42.49	EPS past 3/5Y	-2.79% 10.22%	ROIC	8.26%	52W Low	241.82 26.59%	Perf 3Y	41.80%
Dividend Est.	5.38 (1.76%)	EV/EBITDA	15.84	Sales past 3/5Y	-1.50% 4.47%	Gross Margin	32.29%	Volatility	3.05% 2.01%	Perf 5Y	9.67%
Dividend TTM	5.40 (1.76%)	EV/Sales	6.94	EPS Y/Y TTM	-19.01%	Oper. Margin	32.29%	ATR (14)	6.84	Perf 10Y	268.05%
Dividend Ex-Date	May 08, 2026	Quick Ratio	0.81	Sales Y/Y TTM	0.60%	Profit Margin	21.89%	RSI (14)	45.05	Recom	2.70
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	2.87% 7.51%	Current Ratio	0.91	EPS Q/Q	-26.48%	SMA20	-2.36%	Beta	1.27	Target Price	336.69
Payout	42.36%	Debt/Eq	1.08	Sales Q/Q	0.17%	SMA50	0.49%	Rel Volume	0.33	Prev Close	305.16
Employees	19300	LT Debt/Eq	1.04	Earnings	Apr 24 BMO	SMA200	3.90%	Avg Volume	1.30M	Price	306.11
IPO	Jun 02, 1982	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	6.37% 0.14%	Trades		Volume	266,066	Change	0.31%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Apr-27-26	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Buy	$313 → $337
Feb-06-26	Downgrade	UBS	Buy → Neutral	$342
Dec-11-25	Downgrade	Deutsche Bank	Buy → Hold
Oct-24-25	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Buy	$320 → $314
Jul-25-25	Downgrade	Jefferies	Buy → Hold	$300
Jul-21-25	Upgrade	TD Cowen	Hold → Buy	$323
Jul-09-25	Downgrade	Citigroup	Buy → Neutral	$288
Jul-01-25	Resumed	Robert W. Baird	Neutral	$255
Jun-02-25	Downgrade	Goldman	Buy → Neutral	$278
Mar-07-25	Initiated	Deutsche Bank	Buy	$293
Feb-03-25	Downgrade	Loop Capital	Buy → Hold	$289 → $256
Oct-09-24	Initiated	Citigroup	Buy	$294
Jul-26-24	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Hold	$251 → $253
Jul-08-24	Resumed	Morgan Stanley	Underweight	$175
Jun-07-24	Initiated	Wells Fargo	Overweight	$270
May-23-24	Upgrade	RBC Capital Mkts	Sector Perform → Outperform	$270
Apr-08-24	Initiated	Jefferies	Buy	$300
Mar-21-24	Reiterated	TD Cowen	Market Perform	$236 → $253
Mar-04-24	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$238 → $302
Feb-21-24	Upgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Overweight	$255 → $305

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Jun-01-26 02:30PM	Railroad Regulator Demands More Details on Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger (Sourcing Journal)
12:47PM	No hard feelings: UP-NS will see fact-based review (FreightWaves)
09:15AM	Norfolk Southern Names Brian Barr Chief Operating Officer (PR Newswire)
06:29AM	New COO for Norfolk Southern (FreightWaves)
May-29-26 01:43PM	Trump floated the idea of a 15% government stake in a massive railroad merger (Fortune)
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11:25AM	How rail mega-merger moved ahead, and STB avoided making history (FreightWaves)
May-28-26 11:56AM	The $71.5 Billion Merger of Two Giant Railroads Just Hit a Snag (The Wall Street Journal) -5.47%
11:54AM	Creating Americas First Transcontinental Railroad: STB Accepts Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Application (Business Wire)
11:31AM	BREAKING: STB conditionally accepts UP-NS rail merger application, wants more data (FreightWaves)
11:07AM	Shares of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Drop as Merger Hits Snag (The Wall Street Journal)
11:03AM	STB pauses Union Pacific Norfolk Southern merger review 2026 (Quartz)
10:13AM	Stocks to Watch: Snowflake, Union Pacific, Dell (The Wall Street Journal)
May-27-26 11:33AM	UP refutes new AG claims, says it provided all answers in merger paperwork (FreightWaves)
May-26-26 02:03PM	Attorney Generals urge STB to reject new rail merger application (FreightWaves)
May-21-26 11:52AM	UP CEO confident rail merger application checks all the STBs boxes (FreightWaves)
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06:30AM	The U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it (Fortune)
May-18-26 03:48AM	UP, NS merger: What other railroads are saying (Supply Chain Dive)
May-15-26 11:59PM	Rail merger: UP, NS respond; BNSF raises more concerns (The Portsmouth Daily Times, Ohio)
May-13-26 10:43AM	UP-NS say revised merger application is comprehensive and complete (FreightWaves)
May-12-26 04:01PM	Norfolk Southern to present at Wolfe Research 19th Annual Global Transportation & Industrials Conference (PR Newswire)
May-11-26 04:20PM	CN: STB should reject incomplete UP-NS merger application (FreightWaves)
May-06-26 08:30AM	Norfolk Southern to present at Bank of America 2026 Industrials, Transportation & Airlines Key Leaders Conference (PR Newswire)
07:20AM	New Georgia inland port poised to take 26,000 truckloads off the road (FreightWaves)
May-05-26 09:49AM	Is UPS Stock A Buy Or A Value Trap Under $100? (Trefis)
May-04-26 09:44AM	Union Pacific would exit Norfolk Southern merger if STB orders widespread line sales or trackage rights (FreightWaves)
Apr-30-26 11:59PM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern submit revised merger application (The Portsmouth Daily Times, Ohio)
01:02PM	UP, NS refile merger applications with STB (Supply Chain Dive)
12:48PM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Refile Rail-Merger Application (The Wall Street Journal)
09:28AM	STB chairman, industry leaders to headline Future of Rail Symposium (FreightWaves)
08:20AM	Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are refiling their $85 billion railroad merger bid with U.S. regulators (Quartz)
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08:16AM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern refile $85 billion merger bid (Quartz)
08:00AM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern file revised merger application (FreightWaves)
07:46AM	Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application (Associated Press)
07:45AM	Creating America's First Transcontinental Railroad: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's Amended STB Merger Application Estimates Shippers Will Save $3.5 Billion Annually (Business Wire)
Apr-29-26 05:29PM	Anti-merger group launches as UP, NS prepare to refile application (FreightWaves)
09:00AM	Why The Market Is Wrong About UPS Stock (Trefis)
Apr-25-26 03:03AM	Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with ... (GuruFocus.com)
Apr-24-26 09:11PM	Norfolk Southern earnings slip as winter weather impacts rail volume (FreightWaves)
12:49PM	Norfolk Southern Corporation Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
10:11AM	Norfolk Southern Tops Q1 Earnings Estimates as Revenue Holds Steady (InvestorsHub)
08:54AM	Norfolk Southern's profit fell 27% as it didn't collect big insurance payments for Ohio derailment (Associated Press)
08:31AM	Norfolk Southern Profit Falls Amid Volatile Macro Environment (The Wall Street Journal)
08:06AM	Norfolk Southern: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
08:00AM	Norfolk Southern reports first quarter 2026 results (PR Newswire)
Apr-23-26 01:20PM	Norfolk Southern Declares Quarterly Dividend (PR Newswire) +7.75%
08:54AM	Union Pacific profit climbed 5% as it builds the case for its acquisition of rival Norfolk Southern (Associated Press)
08:19AM	Union Pacific Sales Rise on Higher Pricing, Fuel Surcharges (The Wall Street Journal)
Apr-21-26 04:34PM	How Avis Stock Made the Dow Jones Transportation Average One of the Year's Biggest Gainers (Barrons.com)
12:45PM	The Dow Jones Transportation Average is on a historic tear. Here are 6 charts you need to see. (MarketWatch)
09:23AM	Trucking stocks have been surging, signaling underlying economic strength (Yahoo Finance)
Apr-16-26 01:35PM	Shipper groups ask STB to make key UP-NS merger agreement documents public (FreightWaves)
07:00AM	One Big Thing will solve rails growth problem, says NS CEO (FreightWaves)
Apr-14-26 07:00AM	Merged UP-NS would control half of all rail freight: BNSF CEO (FreightWaves)
Apr-13-26 05:26AM	Norfolk Southern focuses on freight growth in latest partnership (Supply Chain Dive)
Apr-09-26 08:01AM	Buy This Railroad Stock. It's Just the Ticket. (Barrons.com)
Apr-08-26 12:24PM	Norfolk Southern awarded control of disputed eastern port rail line (FreightWaves)
Apr-02-26 10:55AM	Mercedes-Benz sets $4B investment in plant served by Norfolk Southern (FreightWaves)
Apr-01-26 04:38PM	Norfolk Southern inks Atlanta transload deal with short line operator (FreightWaves)
01:18PM	Norfolk Southern Advances Growth Strategy With New Short Line Partnership (PR Newswire)
Mar-31-26 01:37PM	CN made inaccurate claims on rail merger data: UP exec (FreightWaves)
08:02AM	Norfolk Southern to announce first quarter 2026 earnings results on April 24, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Mar-25-26 06:00AM	Norfolk Southern says higher fuel costs could spur intermodal volumes (Supply Chain Dive)
Mar-24-26 01:14PM	Vena says UP, NS have capacity to handle merger-related growth (FreightWaves)
Mar-18-26 08:21PM	Regulator wants additional, detailed information on UP-NS rail merger (FreightWaves)
Mar-15-26 10:00AM	STB wont open new probe of CPKC rail service on West Coast-Southeast intermodal shortcut (FreightWaves)
Mar-12-26 08:00AM	Norfolk Southern to present at 2026 J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference (PR Newswire)
Mar-11-26 03:07PM	Norfolk Southern to upgrade dozens of locomotives (FreightWaves)
Mar-10-26 07:00AM	EXCLUSIVE: Rail merger critics should quit looking backward, says Union Pacific CEO (FreightWaves)
Mar-05-26 11:03PM	3 Reasons to Sell NSC and 1 Stock to Buy Instead (StockStory)
09:37AM	Norfolk Southern Trades at Premium Valuation: How to Play the Stock? (Zacks)
07:37AM	How Is Norfolk Southern's Stock Performance Compared to Other Transportation Stocks? (Barchart)
Mar-03-26 05:30AM	One of Wall Streets Fiercest Activist Investors Is in Ohio (The Wall Street Journal)
Mar-02-26 12:02PM	Should Investors Buy CSX Stock Post Its Latest Dividend Hike? (Zacks)
10:00AM	SCCM Enhanced Equity Portfolio Exited Norfolk Southern (NSC) Following Acquisition Announcement (Insider Monkey)
Feb-27-26 05:44AM	Norfolk Southern, CMA CGM partner on intermodal service (Supply Chain Dive)
Feb-19-26 05:15PM	Analyst Report: Norfolk Southern Corporation (Morningstar Research)
07:01AM	Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Norfolk Southern Stock Will Climb or Sink? (Barchart)
Feb-18-26 11:54AM	EXCLUSIVE: Norfolk Southern, CMA CGM launch new truck-like intermodal service (FreightWaves)
11:38AM	Union Pacific CEO explains delay in revised merger filing (FreightWaves)
09:03AM	London Company Large Cap Strategy Increased Its Holdings in Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) (Insider Monkey)
Feb-17-26 12:00PM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern set new date to re-file merger application (FreightWaves)
Feb-14-26 12:44PM	Norfolk Southern (NSC)'s Downgrade Was Ill-Advised, Days Jim Cramer (Insider Monkey)
Feb-12-26 05:30AM	Big Tech Accounting Creates a Blind Spot in the AI Boom (The Wall Street Journal)
Feb-11-26 10:01AM	Warner Bros. Gets an Activist. Why It Doesnt Like the Netflix Deal. (Barrons.com)
05:38AM	How a combined UP-NS railroad would alter market dynamics (Supply Chain Dive)
05:12AM	Warner Bros. Gets an Activist, Report Says. What It Means for the Netflix Takeover Battle. (Barrons.com)
Feb-10-26 06:44AM	New power: CSX signs $670M locomotive deal (FreightWaves)
Feb-09-26 06:00AM	New Jaxport project to boost Toyota volumes (FreightWaves)
Feb-06-26 08:07AM	Here Are Fridays Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Amazon.com, Caterpillar, Estee Lauder, JPMorgan, Norfolk Southern, Roku, Snap, Vistra, and More (24/7 Wall St.)
Feb-05-26 01:51PM	GOP members to STB: Find real benefits or reject rail merger (FreightWaves)
12:40AM	5 Insightful Analyst Questions From Norfolk Southern's Q4 Earnings Call (StockStory)
Feb-04-26 01:37PM	These hot S&P 500 stocks show where investors are heading as they run away from tech (MarketWatch)
Feb-03-26 06:30AM	New industrial development worth $7.7B for Norfolk Southern in 2025 (FreightWaves)
Feb-02-26 10:36AM	Norfolk Southern rail fuels more than $7.7B in industrial development activity in 2025 (PR Newswire)
Jan-30-26 12:09PM	Analyst Report: Norfolk Southern Corporation (Morningstar Research)
12:38AM	Norfolk Southern Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
12:35AM	NSC Q4 Deep Dive: Cost Controls and Operational Discipline Offset Softer Volumes (StockStory)
Jan-29-26 04:05PM	Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Challenges with ... (GuruFocus.com)
01:59PM	Analyst Report: Norfolk Southern Corporation (Morningstar Research)
12:52PM	Norfolk Southern Q4 Earnings Top Estimates, Increase Year Over Year (Zacks)

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.

MBAMark R. George

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Orr John F	EVP & Chief Operating Officer	Apr 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	8,319	0	14,610	Apr 28 01:33 PM
LAMPHERE GILBERT H	Director	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	700	0	3,647	Feb 03 05:32 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	673	0	5,154	Feb 03 05:08 PM
Orr John F	EVP & Chief Operating Officer	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,505	0	6,701	Feb 03 05:08 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	3,691	0	22,609	Feb 03 05:08 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,075	0	4,439	Feb 03 05:08 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Commercial Officer	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	1,304	0	3,721	Feb 03 05:08 PM
Bhatt Anil	EVP & CIDO	Jan 30 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	861	0	2,274	Feb 03 05:08 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 27 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	775	0	19,221	Jan 28 06:38 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	625	0	18,691	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 27 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	254	0	4,551	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	247	0	4,365	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 27 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	220	0	3,424	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	247	0	3,272	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Commercial Officer	Jan 27 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	515	0	2,558	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Commercial Officer	Jan 26 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	520	0	2,185	Jan 28 06:38 PM
Clyburn William Jr.	Director	Dec 05 '25	Buy	294.79	204	60,137	405	Dec 08 02:08 PM
Bhatt Anil	EVP & CIDO	Nov 19 '25	Sale	281.60	900	253,442	1,413	Nov 20 03:03 PM
Anil Bhatt	Officer	Nov 19 '25	Proposed Sale	281.60	900	253,441		Nov 19 04:37 PM
Fahmy Sameh	Director	Nov 05 '25	Buy	282.97	1,650	466,901	12,000	Nov 06 01:02 PM
ANDERSON RICHARD H	Director	Oct 27 '25	Buy	281.86	2,600	732,823	7,000	Oct 28 01:35 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Oct 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	150	0	3,067	Oct 27 04:32 PM
Bhatt Anil	EVP & CIDO	Oct 24 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	3,479	0	3,479	Oct 27 04:32 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Sep 13 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	2,653	0	19,105	Sep 16 04:08 PM
LAMPHERE GILBERT H	Director	Aug 01 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	460	0	2,947	Aug 04 03:29 PM

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