NYSE:NSCNorfolk Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

Norfolk Southern's stock was trading at $151.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NSC stock has increased by 17.8% and is now trading at $178.34. 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 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 11 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 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Norfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The railroad operator reported $2.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.51 EPS. View Norfolk Southern's earnings history.

Norfolk Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 7th. View Norfolk Southern's dividend history.

23 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Norfolk Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Norfolk Southern's share price to reach $190.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Norfolk Southern.

News headlines about NSC stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Norfolk Southern earned a coverage optimism score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the railroad operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutNorfolk Southern.

Norfolk Southern saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,840,000 shares, an increase of 6.4% from the April 30th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,000,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Norfolk Southern's Current Options Chain.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.89%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.24%), State Street Corp (4.53%), Capital World Investors (2.48%), Capital International Investors (2.40%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.89%). Company insiders that own Norfolk Southern stock include Ann A Adams, Carroll Trevor, 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 Wellington Management Group LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Alliancebernstein L.P., Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, and Capital International Investors. Company insiders that have sold Norfolk Southern company stock in the last year include Ann A Adams, Jason Andrew Zampi, and Michael Joseph Wheeler. View insider buying and selling activity for Norfolk Southern.

NSC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Viking Global Investors LP, Franklin Resources Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Silver Lake Advisory LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., and Swiss National Bank. 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 $178.34.

Norfolk Southern has a market capitalization of $49.31 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]