NYSE:NSCNorfolk Southern Stock Price, Forecast & 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 stock has increased by 12.9% and is now trading at $170.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 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.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The railroad operator reported $2.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.25 by $0.33. The railroad operator earned $2.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.57 billion. Norfolk Southern had a net margin of 21.89% and a return on equity of 18.12%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 7.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.51 earnings per share. View Norfolk Southern's earnings history.

Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 8th will be given a dividend of $0.94 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 7th. View Norfolk Southern's dividend history.

23 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $240.00. On average, they anticipate Norfolk Southern's stock price to reach $192.52 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Norfolk Southern.

Media coverage about NSC stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Norfolk Southern earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the railroad operator a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,010,000 shares, a drop of 9.3% from the June 15th total of 3,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,680,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.2% 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), Kansas City Southern (KSU) and Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd ADR Class H (GSH). View all competitors.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH (0.01%), Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY (0.01%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include Ann A Adams, Carroll Trevor, Clyde H Allison Jr, Cynthia C Earhart, James A Squires, Jason Andrew Zampi, Jennifer F Scanlon and Michael Joseph Wheeler. View institutional ownership trends for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diversified Trust Co, M&R Capital Management Inc., Clarus Wealth Advisors, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, American National Bank, Park National Corp OH, and West Oak Capital LLC. 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. View insider buying and selling activity for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canandaigua National Corp, Fulton Bank N. A., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, and Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY. 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 activity 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 $170.91.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $47.26 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]