Norfolk Southern is a railroad company located in Virginia, United States, which is part of the Industrials sector, and is traded under the ticker NSC on the NYSE exchange.
Norfolk Southern stock last closed at $215.87, up 1.72% from the previous day, and has decreased 12.54% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Railroads industry by 0.04 percentage points. Norfolk Southern stock is currently +9.95% from its 52-week low of $196.33, and -18.3% from its 52-week high of $264.22.
At the moment, there are 227.64M shares of NSC outstanding. The market cap of NSC is $49.14B. In the last 24 hours, 1.05M NSC shares were traded.
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Out of 17 Equities analysts who give forecasts on NSC, the consensus analyst rating on Norfolk Southern is a Buy
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Allison Poliniak Cusic, a top 8% analyst from Wells Fargo upgrades NSC to a strong buy rating and raises their NSC price target from $225.00 to $250.00, on May 22, 2023.
Christian Wetherbee, a top 10% analyst from Citigroup upgrades NSC to a strong buy rating and raises their NSC price target from $226.00 to $257.00, on May 22, 2023.
Jonathan Chappell, a top 10% analyst from Evercore ISI Group upgrades NSC to a buy rating and announces their NSC price target of $242.00, on May 17, 2023.
Brian Ossenbeck, a top 16% analyst from JP Morgan upgrades NSC to a strong buy rating and raises their NSC price target from $236.00 to $250.00, on May 11, 2023.
Ravi Shanker, a bottom 1% analyst from Morgan Stanley maintains NSC with a hold rating and lowers their NSC price target from $177.00 to $174.00, on Apr 28, 2023.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Norfolk Southern stock forecast page.
Last year, NSC earnings were $3.03B. Over the past 5 year, NSC's earnings have grown by -7.47% per year. This was slower than the Railroads industry average of -1.42%.
Last year, NSC revenue was $12.96B. Over the last 5 year, NSC's revenue has gone up by 3.92% per year. This was slower than the Railroads industry average of 4.98%.
Find out more about NSC's earnings and revenue performance here.
In the last 12 months, executives and large shareholders at NSC have sold more shares than they have bought.
Alan H. Shaw, President CEO of NSC, was the latest NSC insider to sell. They sold $419,100.00 worth of NSC stock on Jun 1, 2023.
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Norfolk Southern pays a dividend of 2.4%, compared to the Railroads industry's average dividend yield of 6.43%. If you owned $1,000 worth of NSC stock, you would have received $24.00 in the past year.
Norfolk Southern dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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