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 (WHO). Since then, NSC shares have increased by 58.3% and is now trading at $239.67.
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23 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last year. 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" Norfolk Southern stock.
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268 employees have rated Norfolk Southern CEO James A. Squires on Glassdoor.com. James A. Squires has an approval rating of 16% among Norfolk Southern's employees. This puts James A. Squires in the bottom 10% 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 Co. (NYSE:NSC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 27th. The railroad operator reported $2.64 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.16. The railroad operator earned $2.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.54 billion. Norfolk Southern had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.83% and a net margin of 20.27%. Norfolk Southern's revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.55 EPS.
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Norfolk Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Friday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.99 per share on Wednesday, March 10th. This represents a $3.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.65%. This is a boost from Norfolk Southern's previous quarterly dividend of $0.94.
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Norfolk Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.53%. 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $290.00. On average, they expect Norfolk Southern's stock price to reach $224.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.4%.
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Norfolk Southern saw a increase in short interest in 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 company's stock are short sold.
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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) and Guangshen Railway (GSHHY).
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.25%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.14%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.14%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%) and Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.08%). 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, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Strs Ohio, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Arden Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and Huntington National Bank. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Kestra Advisory Services LLC, MTM Investment Management LLC, Pendal Group Limited, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., and Lavaca Capital LLC. 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 $239.67.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $65.74 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]