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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.94 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. View Norfolk Southern's Dividend History.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The railroad operator reported $2.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.08. The railroad operator had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.86 billion. Norfolk Southern had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 23.98%. Norfolk Southern's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.52 earnings per share. View Norfolk Southern's Earnings History.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $237.00. On average, they anticipate Norfolk Southern's stock price to reach $205.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Norfolk Southern.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Norfolk Southern.

Media coverage about NSC stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Norfolk Southern earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the railroad operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,220,000 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the December 15th total of 3,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), 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).

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

Norfolk Southern's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.20%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.12%), Strs Ohio (0.05%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, DNB Asset Management AS, Strs Ohio, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, United Services Automobile Association and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Norfolk Southern company stock in the last year include 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Virginia National Bank, Baxter Bros Inc., Clear Street Markets LLC and Cox Capital Mgt LLC. 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 $207.86.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $54.20 billion and generates $11.46 billion in revenue each year. The railroad operator earns $2.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.51 on an earnings per share basis. Norfolk Southern employs 26,662 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]