NYSE:NSC - Norfolk Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

Norfolk Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NSC."

Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.94 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. View Norfolk Southern's Dividend History.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The railroad operator reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.28 by $0.27. The railroad operator earned $2.69 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Norfolk Southern had a net margin of 24.10% and a return on equity of 18.04%. The firm's revenue was down 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.57 EPS. View Norfolk Southern's Earnings History.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Norfolk Southern.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Norfolk Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $134.00 to $247.00. On average, they expect Norfolk Southern's stock price to reach $217.84 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Norfolk Southern.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Norfolk Southern.

Media headlines about NSC stock have trended very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Norfolk Southern earned a news sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the railroad operator a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,320,000 shares, a decrease of 9.5% from the January 30th total of 3,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,490,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Norfolk Southern's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Norfolk Southern include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), CENT JAPAN RWY/ADR (CJPRY), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Norfolk Southern investors own include Union Pacific (UNP), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), CSX (CSX), Intel (INTC), PepsiCo (PEP), Caterpillar (CAT), AT&T (T) and Visa (V).

Norfolk Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.50%), Capital International Investors (2.47%), Capital World Investors (1.99%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.39%), FMR LLC (1.14%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.80%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include Ann A Adams, Carroll Trevor, Cynthia C Earhart, James A Squires, Jason Andrew Zampi, Jennifer F Scanlon, Michael Joseph Wheeler and Thomas E Hurlbut. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Alliancebernstein L.P., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., KBC Group NV and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold Norfolk Southern company stock in the last year include Ann A Adams, James A Squires, Jason Andrew Zampi and Michael Joseph Wheeler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Senator Investment Group LP, Franklin Resources Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Capital International Investors, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Norfolk Southern stock in the last two years include Carroll Trevor and Jennifer F Scanlon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Norfolk Southern.

Shares of NSC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $184.28.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $47.52 billion and generates $11.30 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $2.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.34 on an earnings per share basis. Norfolk Southern employs 24,587 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Norfolk Southern.

The official website for Norfolk Southern is http://www.norfolksouthern.com/.

Norfolk Southern's mailing address is THREE COMMERCIAL PLACE, NORFOLK VA, 23510. The railroad operator can be reached via phone at 757-629-2680 or via email at [email protected]