NSC

Norfolk Southern Corp

337.86

Oct 22 • 3:59 PM ET +9.77 (2.98%)

338.23

Aftermarket • 4:08 PM ET +0.37 (0.11%)

Industrials Railroads USA Large NYSE

Today, 1:32 PMNorfolk Southern beats Q3 2026 estimates with EPS $3.62 (+10% YoY), record $3.5B revenue, raises 2026 capex on fuel-driven costs

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Index	S&P 500
Market Cap	75.89B
Enterprise Value	91.43B
Income	2.63B
Sales	12.54B
Book/sh	72.36
Cash/sh	4.76
Dividend Est.	5.41 (1.60%)
Dividend TTM	5.40 (1.60%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Aug 07, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	2.87% 7.51%
Payout	42.36%
Employees	19300
IPO	Jun 02, 1982

P/E	28.84
Forward P/E	23.55
PEG	2.93
P/S	6.05
P/B	4.67
P/C	70.99
P/FCF	46.53
EV/EBITDA	16.82
EV/Sales	7.29
Quick Ratio	0.73
Current Ratio	0.83
Debt/Eq	1.02
LT Debt/Eq	0.98
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	11.71
EPS next Y	14.35
EPS next Q	3.23
EPS this Y	3.08%
EPS next Y	11.42%
EPS next 5Y	8.05%
EPS past 3/5Y	-2.79% 10.22%
Sales past 3/5Y	-1.50% 4.47%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-20.83%
Sales Y/Y TTM	2.97%
EPS Q/Q	-4.43%
Sales Q/Q	11.41%
Earnings	Oct 22 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	4.49% 0.61%

Insider Own	0.10%
Insider Trans	0.00%
Inst Own	78.19%
Inst Trans	-0.63%
ROA	5.90%
ROE	16.97%
ROIC	8.17%
Gross Margin	32.11%
Oper. Margin	32.11%
Profit Margin	21.00%
SMA20	5.79%
SMA50	3.41%
SMA200	7.74%
Trades

Shs Outstand	224.61M
Shs Float	224.38M
Short Float	3.19%
Short Ratio	6.58
Short Interest	7.15M
52W High	358.60 -5.78%
52W Low	277.80 21.62%
Volatility	1.43% 1.39%
ATR (14)	5.50
RSI (14)	70.22
Beta	1.21
Rel Volume	1.32
Avg Volume	1.09M
Volume	1,431,446

Perf Week	4.01%
Perf Month	7.25%
Perf Quarter	-3.65%
Perf Half Y	5.11%
Perf YTD	17.02%
Perf Year	17.06%
Perf 3Y	67.51%
Perf 5Y	17.91%
Perf 10Y	263.61%
Recom	2.71
Target Price	357.06
Prev Close	328.09
Price	337.86
Change %	2.98%

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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Today 02:47PM	Norfolk Southern profits rise on higher volume and revenue (FreightWaves)
11:43AM	Freight Railroad Shares Increase on Shift Away From Trucks (The Wall Street Journal)
10:09AM	First look: Norfolk Southern earnings (FreightWaves)
08:26AM	Norfolk Southern: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
08:24AM	Norfolk Southern tops profit estimates as freight demand stays strong (Reuters)
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08:22AM	Union Pacific Posts Higher Profit, Revenue on Volume Growth (The Wall Street Journal)
08:15AM	Norfolk Southern reports third quarter 2026 results (PR Newswire)
Oct-21-26 07:31PM	Norfolk Southern Declares Quarterly Dividend (PR Newswire)
Oct-07-26 09:37AM	Union Pacific CEO 99.99% confident rail merger will win approval (FreightWaves)
Oct-06-26 12:43PM	Union Pacific CEO makes case for $85B Norfolk Southern merger amid pushback (Fox Business)
Oct-02-26 09:00AM	Norfolk Southern to announce third quarter 2026 earnings results on October 22, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Sep-28-26 06:39AM	Higher rates, less reliable service: Family farmers oppose rail merger (FreightWaves)
Sep-24-26 08:33AM	STB Keeps UP-NS Merger Alive, but Board Member Flags Lack of Transparency (Sourcing Journal)
Sep-22-26 10:52AM	Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Combination Gains Additional Momentum (Business Wire)
Sep-21-26 05:59PM	UP, NS merger: STB denies shippers calls for dismissal (Supply Chain Dive)
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11:03AM	Transports aren't part of the market's rally, as trucking and railroad stocks fall (MarketWatch)
03:04AM	M&A Watch: PSKY-WBD Hurdle, Caesars Shareholder Vote, Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern, FedEx-InPost (Stocktwits)
Sep-18-26 08:43AM	Union Pacific blasts rival railroads trackage rights requests (FreightWaves)
Sep-17-26 10:11AM	SC Ports, Norfolk Southerns intermodal service grows Southeast reach (Supply Chain Dive)
09:09AM	Norfolk Southern: New intermodal era about removing rail friction (FreightWaves)
Sep-16-26 05:10PM	More Than 500 Customers Back Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Combination as a Catalyst for American Growth (PR Newswire)
Sep-15-26 09:00AM	SC Gov. Henry McMaster Voices Support for Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger (PR Newswire)
Sep-14-26 08:31AM	SC Ports, Norfolk Southern expand intermodal access to Huntsville (FreightWaves)
Sep-09-26 09:05AM	Norfolk Southern to present at Morgan Stanely 14th Annual Laguna Conference (PR Newswire)
Sep-04-26 09:36AM	102 Dems to STB: Put labor first in UP-NS rail merger review (FreightWaves)
Aug-27-26 12:28PM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern defend rail merger application as STB review advances (FreightWaves)
Aug-26-26 05:47PM	STB Should Reject Opponents' Baseless Prima Facie Challenges; Union Pacific - Norfolk Southern Merger Application Easily Meets the Standard (Business Wire)
02:53PM	Norfolk Southern, Wabtec set locomotive upgrades to AC power (FreightWaves)
Aug-25-26 12:56PM	Rail mega-merger revives proposal for new, expanded Atlanta passenger services and theres a trucking angle (FreightWaves)
Aug-24-26 12:02PM	Rail consultant returns to lead South Carolina short line (FreightWaves)
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Aug-20-26 03:12PM	Norfolk Southerns Golden Triangle \| Why Georgia is Key for Rail (FreightWaves)
Aug-19-26 05:31PM	All Aboard: STB Resumes Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Review (Sourcing Journal)
09:45AM	Regulators set schedule for review of UP-NS merger (FreightWaves)
Aug-13-26 12:06PM	Battle of the briefs: UP-NS fires back at AGs anti-merger letter (FreightWaves)
Aug-12-26 12:53PM	Mega rail deal under fire: 7 State AGs warn UP-NS merger could drive up shipping costs (FreightWaves)
Aug-07-26 01:23PM	BNSF Railway Says Regulators Should Deny Big Rail Merger Now (The Wall Street Journal)
06:46AM	Rail merger a failure on first sight, shippers protest (FreightWaves)
Jul-30-26 10:22AM	??Money Quote: Railway Merger Diss (The Wall Street Journal)
Jul-29-26 10:00PM	Unpacking Rail Earnings: How Volume Growth Fuels Merger Talks (FreightWaves)
09:53PM	Rail Merger: UP CEO Says its BETTER for Consumers \| FreightWaves Today (FreightWaves)
11:35AM	BNSF CEO assails new rail merger filing, says transcon will raise rates, prices (FreightWaves)
09:14AM	CEOs of UP, NS, say latest additions to rail merger application further enhance competitive aspects (FreightWaves)
Jul-28-26 10:31AM	UP, Norfolk Southern Sweeten Merger Proposal With New Customer Protections (Sourcing Journal)
08:06AM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern add new customer protections as STB merger review advances (FreightWaves)
Jul-27-26 06:15PM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern File Supplemental Information to STB on Merger (The Wall Street Journal)
05:00PM	Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Affirm Strength of Merger Application and Offer Unprecedented New Customer Assurances (Business Wire)
07:21AM	Canadian National wont fight UP-NS merger under new deal (Supply Chain Dive)
06:23AM	Conrail CEO Gorton retiring (FreightWaves)
Jul-24-26 10:36AM	Union Pacific Wins CN Support for Norfolk Southern Deal With New Rail Access Agreement (Sourcing Journal)
09:33AM	BNSF: New UP-CN deal undermines case for merger (FreightWaves)
Jul-23-26 09:35PM	Norfolk Southern Posts Record Revenue as Freight Demand Strengthens (Oilprice.com) +5.32%
05:04PM	Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Revenue and Strategic ... (GuruFocus.com)
03:19PM	Union Pacific posts record financial results, raises outlook (FreightWaves)
03:05PM	Norfolk Southerns earnings rise with volume gains (FreightWaves)
02:00PM	These Three Railroad Stocks Hit Fresh 52-Week Highs Today Whats Got Investors Buzzing? (Stocktwits)
10:47AM	Railroad Stocks Rally as More Cargo Moves From Trucks to Trains (The Wall Street Journal)
09:52AM	Union Pacific picks up Canadian National's support for its plan to acquire Norfolk Southern railroad (Associated Press)
09:18AM	Norfolk Southern Q2 2026 earnings: revenue hits record $3.5B (Quartz)
08:50AM	Norfolk Southern Posts Higher Revenue as Demand Trends Improve (The Wall Street Journal)
08:22AM	Norfolk Southern: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
08:15AM	Norfolk Southern reports second quarter 2026 results (PR Newswire)
06:00AM	First look: Norfolk Southern earnings (FreightWaves)
Jul-22-26 07:57PM	CN to Drop Opposition to Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Deal in Return for Expanded Access (The Wall Street Journal)
07:09PM	Union Pacific and CN Reach Agreement to Expand Customer Opportunities in Connection with Merger (Business Wire)
Jul-21-26 05:29PM	Norfolk Southern Declares Quarterly Dividend (PR Newswire)
Jul-09-26 07:00AM	EXCLUSIVE: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern CEOs talk about the rail merger that could reshape the U.S. economy (FreightWaves)
Jul-07-26 11:30AM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern submit more merger data (FreightWaves)
10:00AM	Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Respond to STB's Request for Supplemental Information, Submitting First Round of Their Responses (Business Wire)
Jul-06-26 10:00AM	Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Celebrate Americas 250th Anniversary with Worlds Largest Steam Locomotive in Philadelphia (Business Wire)
Jul-01-26 03:40PM	Rising intermodal volume slows big four U.S. rail systems (FreightWaves)
Jun-25-26 01:07PM	Norfolk Southern to announce second quarter 2026 earnings results on July 23, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Jun-24-26 09:47AM	Is FedEx's Growth Story Getting Lost In The Costs? (Trefis)
09:15AM	Norfolk Southern CEO says railroad must focus on today and tomorrow (FreightWaves)
Jun-09-26 06:00AM	UP CEO says no thanks to potential government investment in $85B merger (FreightWaves)
Jun-08-26 06:00AM	House endorses 25-year old rules for rail merger review (FreightWaves)
Jun-04-26 03:46PM	Union Pacific CEO responds to Trump idea for U.S. stake in $71.5 billion railroad mega merger: We do not need anybodys help to do this (Fortune)
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)
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)
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)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
George Mark R	President & CEO	Sep 13 '26	Option Exercise	0.00	2,653	0	23,818	Sep 15 12:21 PM
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

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.

PresidentMr. Mark R. George

Executive VP & CFOMr. Jason A. Zampi

Executive VP and Chief Information & Digital OfficerMr. Anil Bhatt

Executive VP & Chief Commercial OfficerMr. Claude E. Elkins Jr.

Chief Operating OfficerMr. Brian Barr

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