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

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

Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 6th will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 3rd. This is a boost from Norfolk Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. View Norfolk Southern's Dividend History.

Norfolk Southern announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The railroad operator reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.31 by $0.19. The railroad operator earned $2.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.87 billion. Norfolk Southern had a return on equity of 14.53% and a net margin of 52.36%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.71 EPS. View Norfolk Southern's Earnings History.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Norfolk Southern.

20 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $205.00. On average, they expect Norfolk Southern's share price to reach $164.1111 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.8%. 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 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Norfolk Southern.

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

News stories about NSC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Norfolk Southern earned a news impact score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the railroad operator an impact score of 46.92 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.27%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Bank of America Corp DE (2.21%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.16%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.83%) and Putnam Investments LLC (0.57%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include Cynthia C Earhart, James A Hixon, James A Squires, Marta R Stewart, Michael Joseph Wheeler, Thomas E Hurlbut and William Andrew Galanko. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nomura Holdings Inc., BlackRock Inc., Putnam Investments LLC, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of America Corp DE, Investec Asset Management LTD and Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Norfolk Southern company stock in the last year include Cynthia C Earhart, James A Squires, Michael Joseph Wheeler and Thomas E Hurlbut. View Insider Buying and Selling for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., PointState Capital LP, Marshall Wace LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Dana Investment Advisors Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $176.08.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $48.74 billion and generates $10.55 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $5.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.61 on an earnings per share basis. Norfolk Southern employs 27,110 workers across the globe.

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]