NSC - Norfolk Southern Corp Stock Price, Fair Value and News

236.29USD-8.74 (-3.57%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD236.29-8.74

Market Closed

-3.57%

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JPMORGAN CHASE & CO reported owning 3.6% of NSC [2024-04-09]

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NSC Valuation

Market Cap

53.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

37.75

Price/Sales (Trailing)

4.44

EV/EBITDA

18.3

Price/Free Cashflow

145.45

NSC Price/Sales (Trailing)

NSC Profitability

EBT Margin

14.62%

Return on Equity

11.28%

Return on Assets

3.36%

Free Cashflow Yield

0.69%

NSC Fundamentals

NSC Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

12.0B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-4.09%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-2.25%

NSC Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

1.4B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-88.63%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

-89.94%

Breaking Down NSC Revenue

Last 7 days

-1.3%

Last 30 days

-4.7%

Last 90 days

-0.7%

Trailing 12 Months

14.1%

How does NSC drawdown profile look like?

NSC Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.68

Debt/Equity

1.37

Debt/Cashflow

0.17

NSC Investor Care

Dividend Yield

2.29%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

5.4

Buy Backs (1Y)

0.76%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

6.21

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	12.0B	0	0	0
2023	13.0B	12.7B	12.3B	12.2B
2022	11.4B	11.9B	12.4B	12.7B
2021	9.8B	10.5B	10.9B	11.1B
2020	11.1B	10.2B	9.9B	9.8B
2019	11.6B	11.6B	11.5B	11.3B
2018	10.7B	11.0B	11.2B	11.5B
2017	10.0B	10.2B	10.4B	10.6B
2016	10.4B	10.1B	9.9B	9.9B
2015	11.5B	11.2B	10.9B	10.5B
2014	11.2B	11.4B	11.6B	11.6B
2013	11.0B	10.9B	11.0B	11.2B
2012	11.3B	11.3B	11.2B	11.0B
2011	9.9B	10.3B	10.8B	11.2B
2010	8.3B	8.8B	9.2B	9.5B
2009	10.0B	9.3B	8.6B	8.0B
2008	0	0	10.0B	10.7B
2007	0	0	0	9.4B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Norfolk Southern Corp

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 02, 2024	duncan paul b	acquired	-	-	1,505	evp & chief operating officer
Mar 02, 2024	duncan paul b	sold (taxes)	-163,424	255	-640	evp & chief operating officer
Jan 30, 2024	george mark r	sold (taxes)	-447,657	236	-1,893	evp & chief financial officer
Jan 30, 2024	elkins claude e	acquired	-	-	441	evp & chief marketing officer
Jan 30, 2024	shaw alan h.	acquired	-	-	545	president & ceo
Jan 30, 2024	adams ann a	sold (taxes)	-431,103	236	-1,823	evp & chief transform. officer
Jan 30, 2024	shaw alan h.	sold (taxes)	-431,103	236	-1,823	president & ceo
Jan 30, 2024	adams ann a	acquired	-	-	545	evp & chief transform. officer
Jan 30, 2024	shaw alan h.	acquired	-	-	3,717	president & ceo
Jan 30, 2024	george mark r	acquired	-	-	4,200	evp & chief financial officer

Which funds bought or sold NSC recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 23, 2024	PRECEDENT WEALTH PARTNERS, LLC	added	10.31	159,368	1,000,350	0.43%
Apr 23, 2024	NATIONS FINANCIAL GROUP INC, /IA/ /ADV	reduced	-0.59	140,611	2,097,440	0.18%
Apr 23, 2024	Bell Bank	reduced	-0.07	26,981	375,169	0.03%
Apr 23, 2024	REGATTA CAPITAL GROUP, LLC	unchanged	-	29,325	404,224	0.09%
Apr 23, 2024	Elwood & Goetz Wealth Advisory Group, LLC	new	-	201,092	201,092	0.05%
Apr 23, 2024	Sugarloaf Wealth Management, LLC	unchanged	-	2,413	31,170	0.01%
Apr 23, 2024	ARCADIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP/MI	unchanged	-	9,245	127,435	0.02%
Apr 23, 2024	NEW MEXICO EDUCATIONAL RETIREMENT BOARD	reduced	-4.21	92,000	2,899,000	0.10%
Apr 23, 2024	Principle Wealth Partners LLC	added	99.52	3,159,190	5,903,380	0.23%
Apr 23, 2024	Creative Capital Management Investments LLC	unchanged	-	647	8,920	-%

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NSC Alerts

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO reported owning 3.6% of NSC [2024-04-09]

Unveiling Norfolk Southern Corp's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Apr 09, 2024	jpmorgan chase & co	3.6%	8,927,681	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	8.20%	18,534,987	SC 13G/A
Jan 29, 2024	blackrock inc.	6.4%	14,512,992	SC 13G/A
Jan 10, 2024	jpmorgan chase & co	5.8%	13,297,842	SC 13G
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	8.01%	18,533,329	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2023	blackrock inc.	6.8%	15,733,548	SC 13G/A
Jan 05, 2023	jpmorgan chase & co	4.9%	11,557,090	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2022	vanguard group inc	7.57%	18,425,636	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2022	blackrock inc.	6.9%	16,718,777	SC 13G/A
Jan 14, 2022	jpmorgan chase & co	5.6%	13,750,508	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Norfolk Southern Corp

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Apr 24, 2024	DFAN14A	DFAN14A
Apr 24, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Apr 24, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
Apr 23, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 22, 2024	DFAN14A	DFAN14A
Apr 22, 2024	DFAN14A	DFAN14A
Apr 19, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 19, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 19, 2024	DFAN14A	DFAN14A
Apr 19, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A

Peers (Alternatives to Norfolk Southern Corp)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
UNP	141.5B	24.1B	-4.86%	19.12%	22.18	5.87	-3.04%	-8.85%
CP	79.0B	14.3B	-6.24%	3.37%	17.86	5.54	71.33%	37.89%
CSX	65.8B	14.6B	-8.60%	8.96%	18.18	4.5	-3.39%	-15.67%
NSC	53.4B	12.0B	-4.73%	14.08%	37.75	4.44	-7.21%	-53.38%
WAB	25.5B	10.0B	14.41%	62.15%	27.8	2.55	15.66%	39.36%
MID-CAP
TRN	2.2B	3.0B	0.18%	14.20%	19.73	0.75	50.88%	67.04%
SMALL-CAP
GBX	1.7B	3.7B	6.91%	97.22%	15.05	0.45	2.60%	178.84%
FSTR	269.7M	543.7M	-4.48%	126.94%	184.19	0.5	9.30%	103.21%
RAIL	63.7M	358.1M	-9.16%	14.14%	-2.86	0.18	-1.83%	-240.15%
USDP	4.7M	72.3M	55.56%	-96.01%	6.25	0.05	-42.10%	101.10%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	-2.2%	3,004	3,073	2,971	2,980	3,132	3,237	3,343	3,250	2,915	2,852	2,852	2,799	2,639	2,573	2,506	2,085	2,625	2,690	2,841	2,925	2,840
Costs and Expenses	23.2%	2,791	2,265	2,215	2,404	2,421	2,056	2,071	1,979	1,830	1,723	1,716	1,632	1,624	1,589	1,666	1,475	2,057	1,728	1,845	1,860	1,874
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,845	1,860	1,874
EBITDA Margin	-11.0%	0.32*	0.36*	0.38*	0.41*	0.44*	0.47*	0.48*	0.49*	0.51*	0.51*	0.51*	0.50*	0.48*	0.44*	0.43*	0.43*	0.44*	0.46*	0.46*	-	-
Interest Expenses	3.1%	201	195	182	170	175	177	177	170	168	165	164	161	156	160	155	156	154	152	150	153	149
Income Taxes	-118.5%	-23.00	124	136	107	126	248	135	268	209	225	233	222	193	196	155	111	55.00	162	211	212	184
Earnings Before Taxes	-95.4%	30.00	651	614	463	592	1,038	1,093	1,087	912	985	986	1,041	866	867	724	503	436	828	868	934	861
EBT Margin	-23.4%	0.15*	0.19*	0.22*	0.25*	0.29*	0.32*	0.33*	0.33*	0.34*	0.35*	0.35*	0.33*	0.30*	0.26*	0.25*	0.26*	0.28*	0.31*	0.31*	-	-
Net Income	-89.9%	53.00	527	478	356	466	790	958	819	703	760	753	819	673	671	569	392	381	666	657	722	677
Net Income Margin	-21.8%	0.12*	0.15*	0.17*	0.20*	0.23*	0.26*	0.26*	0.26*	0.27*	0.27*	0.27*	0.26*	0.24*	0.21*	0.20*	0.20*	0.22*	0.24*	0.24*	-	-
Free Cashflow	256.7%	282	-180	112	153	745	132	968	569	605	497	818	720	750	429	691	434	589	370	530	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	1.1%	42,128	41,652	40,739	39,261	39,169	38,885	39,306	39,336	39,361	38,493	38,604	38,754	37,937	37,962	38,179	37,962	37,438	37,923	37,500	37,172	37,062
Current Assets	-28.0%	2,356	3,271	3,142	2,031	2,122	2,007	2,715	2,857	3,015	2,167	2,722	3,012	2,303	2,318	2,579	2,350	2,002	2,081	2,016	1,914	1,922
Cash Equivalents	-58.4%	652	1,568	1,506	556	552	456	1,214	1,259	1,571	839	1,465	1,670	998	1,115	1,359	1,143	608	580	540	360	499
Net PPE	5.2%	35,051	33,326	32,668	32,474	32,240	32,156	31,838	31,787	31,657	31,653	31,429	31,355	31,312	31,345	31,239	31,217	31,179	31,614	31,394	31,201	31,158
Liabilities	2.5%	29,592	28,871	28,124	26,621	26,442	26,152	26,282	26,182	25,900	24,852	24,717	24,437	23,294	23,171	23,238	23,101	22,554	22,739	22,262	21,861	21,731
Current Liabilities	31.0%	3,447	2,632	2,914	2,986	2,824	2,649	2,798	2,609	3,147	2,521	2,410	2,796	2,249	2,160	2,005	1,935	2,236	2,300	2,761	2,451	2,885
Short Term Borrowings	-	400	-	-	130	-	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	350	-	250
Long Term Debt	0.0%	17,179	17,175	16,179	14,594	14,585	14,479	14,463	14,449	13,691	13,287	13,274	12,669	12,116	12,102	12,634	12,612	11,807	11,880	11,085	11,076	10,569
Shareholder's Equity	-1.9%	12,536	12,781	12,615	12,640	12,727	12,733	13,024	13,154	13,461	13,641	13,887	14,317	14,643	14,791	14,941	14,861	14,884	15,184	15,238	15,311	15,331
Retained Earnings	-2.4%	10,443	10,695	10,589	10,611	10,698	10,697	10,987	11,116	11,412	11,586	11,990	12,407	12,737	12,883	12,911	12,863	12,902	13,207	13,310	13,377	13,411
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.4%	2,188	2,179	2,163	2,160	2,155	2,157	2,181	2,190	2,203	2,215	2,224	2,240	2,241	2,248	2,246	2,217	2,205	2,209	2,219	2,226	2,213
Accumulated Depreciation	1.5%	13,462	13,265	13,162	13,024	12,810	12,592	12,445	12,267	12,123	12,031	11,867	11,777	11,672	11,985	11,873	11,823	11,794	11,982	12,381	12,372	12,374
Shares Outstanding	0.1%	226	226	226	227	228	228	232	235	238	240	243	247	250	252	254	255	256	258	261	-	-
Float	-	-	-	-	51,455	-	-	-	53,336	-	-	-	65,486	-	-	-	44,746	-	-	-	52,457	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	24.7%	839	673	660	673	1,173	798	1,413	1,017	994	942	1,216	1,082	1,015	870	1,009	803	955	895	1,045	1,071	881
Cashflow From Investing	-134.0%	-1,844	-788	-653	-350	-391	-543	-346	-379	-335	-375	-318	-327	-202	-357	-278	-307	-233	-441	-471	-502	-350
Cashflow From Financing	-49.7%	89.00	177	943	-319	-686	-1,013	-1,112	-950	73.00	-1,193	-1,103	-83.00	-930	-757	-515	39.00	-694	-414	-394	-708	-478
Dividend Payments	0%	305	305	305	308	307	286	290	294	297	264	268	247	249	238	240	240	242	244	247	228	230
Buy Backs	-100.0%	-	117	205	140	163	826	830	854	600	930	935	934	591	479	291	203	466	549	500	550	500

NSC Income Statement

2023-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Railway operating revenues	$ 12,156	$ 12,745	$ 11,142
Railway operating expenses
Compensation and benefits	2,819	2,621	2,442
Purchased services and rents	2,070	1,922	1,726
Fuel	1,170	1,459	799
Depreciation	1,298	1,221	1,181
Materials and other	832	713	547
Eastern Ohio incident	1,116	0	0
Total railway operating expenses	9,305	7,936	6,695
Income from railway operations	2,851	4,809	4,447
Other income – net	191	13	77
Interest expense on debt	722	692	646
Income before income taxes	2,320	4,130	3,878
Income taxes	493	860	873
Net income	$ 1,827	$ 3,270	$ 3,005
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 8.04	$ 13.92	$ 12.16
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 8.02	$ 13.88	$ 12.11

NSC Balance Sheet

2023-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,568	$ 456
Accounts receivable – net	1,147	1,148
Materials and supplies	264	253
Other current assets	292	150
Total current assets	3,271	2,007
Investments	3,839	3,694
Properties less accumulated depreciation	33,326	32,156
Other assets	1,216	1,028
Total assets	41,652	38,885
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	1,638	1,293
Short-term debt	0	100
Income and other taxes	262	312
Other current liabilities	728	341
Current maturities of long-term debt	4	603
Total current liabilities	2,632	2,649
Long-term debt	17,175	14,479
Other liabilities	1,839	1,759
Deferred income taxes	7,225	7,265
Total liabilities	28,871	26,152
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, net of treasury shares	227	230
Additional paid-in capital	2,179	2,157
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(320)	(351)
Retained income	10,695	10,697
Total stockholders’ equity	12,781	12,733
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 41,652	$ 38,885

About Norfolk Southern Corp

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; provides commuter rail passenger transportation services; and operates an intermodal network. As of December 31, 2022, the company operated approximately 19,100 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

CEO	Mr. Alan H. Shaw
WEBSITE	norfolksouthern.com
INDUSTRY	Railroads
EMPLOYEES	19300

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What is Norfolk Southern Corp's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Wed Apr 24 2024, NSC's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 29.21 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 4.39. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. NSC PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Norfolk Southern Corp's stock?

In the past 10 years, Norfolk Southern Corp has provided 0.118 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.