NYSE:NSC - Norfolk Southern Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.72 per share on Monday, June 11th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 3rd. View Norfolk Southern's Dividend History.

Norfolk Southern declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, September 27th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 50,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The railroad operator reported $1.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.16. The railroad operator had revenue of $2.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.68 billion. Norfolk Southern had a net margin of 51.65% and a return on equity of 14.04%. The firm's revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.48 EPS. View Norfolk Southern's Earnings History.

Norfolk Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Norfolk Southern.

22 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $103.00 to $192.00. On average, they anticipate Norfolk Southern's share price to reach $148.30 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.0%. View Analyst Ratings for Norfolk Southern.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Norfolk Southern in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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).

Headlines about NSC stock have been trending positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of 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 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the railroad operator an impact score of 46.26 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Norfolk Southern's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.03%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%), Trust Co. of Vermont (0.02%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.02%). 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 CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Trust Co. of Vermont, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, CenturyLink Investment Management Co and Catawba Capital Management VA. 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Bremer Trust National Association, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, BKD Wealth Advisors LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co and DnB Asset Management AS. 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 $159.46.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $45.05 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]