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Norfolk Southern Corp

Nov 19 • 04:00PM ET

281.77

+1.03 0.37 %

Industrials • Railroads • USA • NYSE

Peers: UNP CSX CNI CP GBX RAIL

| Held by: VTI VOO IVV SPY VTV XLI PAVE VYM RSP IWD

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Index	S&P 500	P/E	21.49	EPS (ttm)	13.11	Insider Own	0.07%	Shs Outstand	244.71M	Perf Week	-1.65%
Market Cap	68.95B	Forward P/E	21.44	EPS next Y	13.14	Insider Trans	2.54%	Shs Float	244.55M	Perf Month	-2.76%
Enterprise Value	84.62B	PEG	2.92	EPS next Q	2.91	Inst Own	71.25%	Short Float	2.55%	Perf Quarter	-0.91%
Income	2.96B	P/S	5.64	EPS this Y	2.73%	Inst Trans	1.31%	Short Ratio	3.94	Perf Half Y	17.69%
Sales	12.23B	P/B	4.18	EPS next Y	7.97%	ROA	6.74%	Short Interest	6.24M	Perf YTD	20.06%
Book/sh	67.48	P/C	48.63	EPS next 5Y	7.37%	ROE	20.46%	52W High	302.24 -6.77%	Perf Year	7.85%
Cash/sh	5.79	P/FCF	32.85	EPS past 3/5Y	-1.51% 2.46%	ROIC	9.36%	52W Low	201.63 39.75%	Perf 3Y	11.96%
Dividend Est.	5.41 (1.92%)	EV/EBITDA	15.26	Sales past 3/5Y	2.85% 1.42%	Gross Margin	34.05%	Volatility	1.13% 1.30%	Perf 5Y	22.16%
Dividend TTM	5.40 (1.92%)	EV/Sales	6.92	EPS Y/Y TTM	22.88%	Oper. Margin	34.05%	ATR (14)	3.62	Perf 10Y	216.99%
Dividend Ex-Date	Nov 07, 2025	Quick Ratio	0.78	Sales Y/Y TTM	0.48%	Profit Margin	24.19%	RSI (14)	43.63	Recom	2.43
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	9.09% 8.45%	Current Ratio	0.86	EPS Q/Q	-34.88%	SMA20	-0.37%	Beta	1.30	Target Price	312.65
Payout	46.66%	Debt/Eq	1.13	Sales Q/Q	1.70%	SMA50	-1.91%	Rel Volume	0.95	Prev Close	280.74
Employees	19600	LT Debt/Eq	1.09	Earnings	Oct 23 AMC	SMA200	8.49%	Avg Volume	1.58M	Price	281.77
IPO	Jun 02, 1982	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	3.47% -0.38%	Trades		Volume	1,505,043	Change	0.37%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
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
Jan-29-24	Downgrade	TD Cowen	Outperform → Market Perform	$233 → $236
Jan-29-24	Downgrade	Stifel	Buy → Hold	$250 → $233
Jan-29-24	Downgrade	Morgan Stanley	Equal-Weight → Underweight	$185 → $175

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Nov-18-25 05:23PM	Rail merger could raise prices, hurt US ability to compete, say GOP legislators (FreightWaves)
Nov-17-25 12:28PM	Here's Why Investors Should Give Norfolk Southern Stock a Miss Now (Zacks)
Nov-16-25 10:35PM	Transportation and Logistics Stocks Q3 In Review: Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Vs Peers (StockStory)
Nov-14-25 08:32PM	Why Would We Shut Off 300 Lanes? UP CEO Fires Back at BNSFs Claim of Intermodal Cuts (Sourcing Journal)
06:01PM	Daniel Loeb's Strategic Moves: A Closer Look at Norfolk Southern Corp's 5.52% Portfolio Impact (GuruFocus.com)
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03:17PM	Several State Attorneys General Oppose Railroad Merger (The Wall Street Journal)
02:40PM	Fewer but larger transport M&As in Q3: Study (FreightWaves)
10:45AM	UP, NS shareholders overwhelmingly approve $85 billion rail merger (FreightWaves)
09:30AM	Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger (Associated Press Finance)
09:20AM	Norfolk Southern Shareholders Approve Transaction with Union Pacific (PR Newswire)
07:37AM	Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger approved by shareholders (Supply Chain Dive)
Nov-11-25 09:01AM	Norfolk Southern Reaches Collective Bargaining Agreement with Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (PR Newswire)
Nov-05-25 09:52AM	UP-NS merger: Rigorous STB review a must, lawmakers say (Supply Chain Dive)
Oct-30-25 12:58PM	UP, NS push for swift merger review (FreightWaves)
01:38AM	5 Insightful Analyst Questions From Norfolk Southern's Q3 Earnings Call (StockStory)
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Oct-29-25 01:29PM	Rail volumes down 3%: what it means for 2025 (FreightWaves)
Oct-28-25 12:12PM	Analyst Report: Norfolk Southern Corporation (Morningstar Research)
Oct-27-25 09:30AM	New railroad debuts in Louisville, offering West Coast connections. Here's what we know (The Courier Journal)
08:07AM	New UP-NS Louisville intermodal hauling for GE Appliances (FreightWaves)
Oct-26-25 11:03PM	Is Union Pacific Trump ballroom donation Venas merger knockout punch? (FreightWaves)
05:03AM	Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks (Fortune)
Oct-24-25 06:00PM	Union Pacific Eyes Early Filing for Norfolk Southern Takeover (Sourcing Journal)
02:32PM	Short line CEO joins STB rail advisory council (FreightWaves)
02:09PM	Norfolk Southern Q3 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates, Rise Y/Y (Zacks)
09:41AM	NSC Q3 Deep Dive: Productivity Offsets Volume Headwinds Amid Merger Uncertainty (StockStory)
07:37AM	Analyst Report: Norfolk Southern Corporation (Morningstar Research)
05:20AM	UP, NS say a merger will cut carload transit times. Shippers arent convinced. (Supply Chain Dive)
Oct-23-25 11:01PM	Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Navigating Revenue Growth Amidst ... (GuruFocus.com)
07:00PM	Norfolk Southern (NSC) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (Zacks)
05:20PM	Norfolk Southern (NSC) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates (Zacks)
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04:38PM	Norfolk Southern's (NYSE:NSC) Q3 Earnings Results: Revenue In Line With Expectations (StockStory)
04:34PM	Earnings live: Intel stock surges, Ford rises after-hours, Deckers drops (Yahoo Finance)
04:34PM	Norfolk Southern Third-Quarter Sales Rise, Ups Productivity Target (The Wall Street Journal)
04:16PM	Norfolk Southern: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
04:05PM	Norfolk Southern reports third quarter 2025 results (PR Newswire)
01:33PM	Union Pacific Defends Mega Railroad Merger After Rival's Criticisms (The Wall Street Journal)
01:25PM	First look: Norfolk Southern Q3 earnings (FreightWaves)
10:40AM	Halper Sadeh LLC Encourages Norfolk Southern Corporation Shareholders to Contact the Firm to Discuss Their Rights (Business Wire)
09:24AM	Union Pacific Earnings Were Solid. Investors Care About Something Else. (Barrons.com)
08:51AM	First look: Union Pacific Q3 earnings (FreightWaves)
08:27AM	Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern report solid profits as they make their case for their merger (Associated Press Finance)
08:09AM	Earnings live: Tesla stock falls after earnings miss, American Airlines climbs, IBM and Hasbro sink (Yahoo Finance)
Oct-22-25 04:35PM	Earnings live: Tesla stock falls after earnings miss, IBM sinks (Yahoo Finance)
01:38PM	Watch These 4 Transportation Stocks for Q3 Earnings: Beat or Miss? (Zacks)
01:26PM	Norfolk Southern Declares Quarterly Dividend (PR Newswire)
08:09AM	Earnings live: Netflix stock dives, GE Vernova reverses gains, Hilton rises as Tesla earnings loom (Yahoo Finance)
08:09AM	Earnings live: Netflix stock dives, AT&T, GE Vernova, and Hilton rise as Tesla earnings loom (Yahoo Finance)
Oct-21-25 11:03PM	Norfolk Southern (NSC) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect (StockStory)
04:35PM	Earnings live: Netflix stock falls while AT&T, GE Vernova, and Hilton rise on Q3 results (Yahoo Finance)
04:35PM	Earnings live: GM stock soars, Netflix sinks as third quarter results pour in (Yahoo Finance)
01:30PM	Just two U.S. makers of critical railroad material left after plant closure (FreightWaves)
12:21PM	Norfolk Southern to Report Q3 Earnings: What's in Store for the Stock? (Zacks)
08:13AM	Earnings live: General Motors and GE raise guidance, Coca-Cola stock rises on earnings beat (Yahoo Finance)
Oct-20-25 04:30PM	Earnings live: Cleveland-Cliffs stock soars, Zions Bancorp rises with results from GM, Netflix on deck (Yahoo Finance)
09:15AM	Unveiling Norfolk Southern (NSC) Q3 Outlook: Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics (Zacks)
09:05AM	C.H. Robinson Banks on Dividends Amid Freight Challenges (Zacks)
08:22AM	Earnings live: Tesla, Netflix, General Motors, Ford, and P&G to headline third quarter earnings calendar this week (Yahoo Finance)
08:00AM	The chemicals industry hates the UP NS merger (FreightWaves)
Oct-19-25 07:33AM	Tesla, Netflix set to report earnings as US-China trade fight turns 'unsustainable': What to watch this week (Yahoo Finance)
Oct-16-25 06:42PM	CSX Standoffish as Merger Questions Overshadow Third Quarter Results (The Wall Street Journal)
05:10PM	CSX (CSX) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates (Zacks)
12:58PM	Railroads set shareholder vote on transcontinental merger (FreightWaves)
10:00AM	Earnings Preview: Norfolk Southern (NSC) Q3 Earnings Expected to Decline (Zacks)
07:51AM	J.B. Hunt Stock Jumps on Earnings Beat. How It's Navigating the Shipping Slump. (Barrons.com)
Oct-15-25 07:49AM	Wall Street boom boosts profits at Bank of America, Morgan Stanley (Yahoo Finance)
07:03AM	Wall Street boom boosts profits at Bank of America (Yahoo Finance)
Oct-14-25 07:01AM	Wall Street bonanza boosts profits at JPMorgan and Goldman (Yahoo Finance)
06:36AM	Wells Fargo Boosts Key Profitability Metric as Asset Cap Removed (Bloomberg)
Oct-09-25 08:38AM	What to Expect From Norfolk Southern's Next Quarterly Earnings Report (Barchart)
Oct-06-25 07:00AM	BNSF Slams Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger, Warns of Lost Competition and Higher Rates (Sourcing Journal)
Oct-02-25 11:20AM	Canadian National Railway Banks on Dividends Amid Freight Challenges (Zacks)
09:30AM	East Coast Freight Growth Gets Boost as CSX Reopens Tunnel (Zacks)
08:03AM	Norfolk Southern to announce third quarter 2025 earnings results on Oct. 23, 2025 (PR Newswire)
Oct-01-25 11:18AM	Union Pacific CEO: Trump 'sees the value' of $85 billion Norfolk Southern deal (Yahoo Finance)
11:01AM	Union Pacific CEO talks US innovation, Norfolk Southern deal (Yahoo Finance Video)
09:30AM	ODFL Suffering From Weak Revenues Despite Dividend Strength (Zacks)
09:26AM	Canadian Pacific Banks on Dividends Amid Freight Challenges (Zacks)
08:43AM	BNSF to shippers: Speak up about UP-NS merger (FreightWaves)
Sep-30-25 01:19PM	UNP Strong on Dividends & Buybacks Amid Freight Weakness (Zacks)
01:12PM	CSX Replaces CEO Amid Merger Pressure from Activist Investor (Sourcing Journal)
12:00AM	M&A deals top $1tn in third quarter (Financial Times)
Sep-29-25 01:46PM	CSX Stock Pops as CEO Loses His Job. This Is Why. (Barrons.com)
11:24AM	CSX railroad replaces CEO after investor pressure and poor performance as Union Pacific merger looms (Associated Press Finance)
09:41AM	Hinrichs out as CSX CEO (FreightWaves)
09:15AM	CSX Appoints New CEO Following Activist Pressure (The Wall Street Journal)
08:30AM	CSX appoints Steve Angel as CEO amid activist pressure (Reuters)
08:21AM	Investor: CSX can now search out willing partner for rail merger (FreightWaves)
06:24AM	Rail regulator wants more time to review UP-NS merger (FreightWaves)
Sep-25-25 03:01PM	Goldman Sachs sees M&A growth driven by industry consolidation, its president says (Reuters)
12:14PM	Wells Fargo upgrades CSX on new intermodal gains (Investing.com)
08:41AM	CSX Stock Has Had a Bumpy Ride. It's Time to Buy, Says Wells Fargo. (Barrons.com)
Sep-24-25 03:01PM	Rail merger: Lifetime job is great until you are stuck in it (FreightWaves)
Sep-23-25 06:30AM	Biggest rail union backs UP-NS merger after railroads guarantee job protections (FreightWaves)
Sep-22-25 05:48PM	Biggest rail union joins others in endorsing Union Pacific merger but some still have reservations (Associated Press Finance)
04:46PM	Why Norfolk Southern (NSC) Stock Is Up Today (StockStory)
12:36PM	Largest US rail union endorses Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger (Reuters)
11:37AM	SMART-TD and Union Pacific Announce Landmark Agreement Securing Jobs and the Future of Railroading (Business Wire)
Sep-20-25 05:30AM	The Years Biggest Deal Could Yield a Record Payout for Bank of America (The Wall Street Journal)
Sep-19-25 10:15PM	Trump: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger sounds good to me (FreightWaves)
06:37PM	Trump says Union Pacific merger with Norfolk Southern 'sounds good' (Reuters)

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.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
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
Orr John F	EVP & Chief Operating Officer	Apr 26 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	9,021	0	9,021	Apr 29 09:30 AM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	712	0	17,383	Feb 03 07:52 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	252	0	2,888	Feb 03 07:26 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	252	0	4,148	Feb 03 07:26 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	Jan 30 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	527	0	2,351	Feb 03 07:26 PM
LAMPHERE GILBERT H	Director	Jan 31 '25	Buy	259.86	607	157,735	2,487	Feb 03 07:08 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 28 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	249	0	2,705	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 27 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	220	0	2,517	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Zampi Jason Andrew	EVP & CFO	Jan 26 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	247	0	2,365	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 28 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	189	0	3,948	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 27 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	252	0	3,829	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Moore Claiborne L	Vice President & Controller	Jan 26 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	247	0	3,645	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	Jan 28 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	249	0	844	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	Jan 27 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	515	0	814	Jan 30 07:38 PM
Elkins Claude E	EVP & Chief Marketing Officer	Jan 26 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	520	0	520	Jan 30 07:38 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 28 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	704	0	15,310	Jan 30 07:38 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 27 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	775	0	14,911	Jan 30 07:38 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Jan 26 '25	Option Exercise	0.00	625	0	14,382	Jan 30 07:38 PM
ANDERSON RICHARD H	Director	Dec 13 '24	Buy	248.65	400	99,459	4,400	Dec 16 08:16 AM
Clyburn William Jr.	Director	Dec 13 '24	Buy	248.41	201	49,930	201	Dec 16 08:16 AM
Fahmy Sameh	Director	Dec 12 '24	Buy	249.37	350	87,280	10,350	Dec 13 02:40 PM
George Mark R	President & CEO	Dec 11 '24	Buy	249.84	200	49,967	13,757	Dec 12 04:27 PM

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