Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast, Price & News

Norfolk Southern's stock was trading at $151.36 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NSC shares have increased by 67.1% and is now trading at $252.95.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Norfolk Southern stock.
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538 employees have rated Norfolk Southern CEO Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among Norfolk Southern's employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 27th 2021.
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Norfolk Southern will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Norfolk Southern Co. (NYSE:NSC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 28th. The railroad operator reported $2.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.36 by $0.15. The railroad operator had revenue of $2.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.53 billion. Norfolk Southern had a return on equity of 15.83% and a net margin of 20.27%.
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Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 27th. Investors of record on Friday, November 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.94 per share on Thursday, December 10th. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 5th.
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Norfolk Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.49%. The dividend payout ratio of Norfolk Southern is 36.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Norfolk Southern will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.15% next year. This indicates that Norfolk Southern will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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23 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $290.00. On average, they expect Norfolk Southern's share price to reach $224.28 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.3%.
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Norfolk Southern saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,440,000 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the December 15th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,290,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Norfolk Southern include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), Central Japan Railway (CJPRY), Kansas City Southern (KSU), Guangshen Railway (GSHHY) and Guangshen Railway (GSH).
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Norfolk Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NSC."

Norfolk Southern's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.14%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and M. Kraus & Co (0.02%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include Ann A Adams, Carroll Trevor, Clyde H Allison Jr, James A Squires, Jason Andrew Zampi, Jennifer F Scanlon and Michael Joseph Wheeler.
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NSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Arden Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, NuWave Investment Management LLC, Diversified Trust Co, and Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Norfolk Southern company stock in the last year include Ann A Adams, Clyde H Allison Jr, James A Squires, Jason Andrew Zampi, and Michael Joseph Wheeler.
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NSC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., Lavaca Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Salvus Wealth Management LLC, and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have bought Norfolk Southern stock in the last two years include Carroll Trevor, and Jennifer F Scanlon.
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Shares of NSC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $252.95.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $69.39 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.

The official website for Norfolk Southern is 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]