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Norfolk Southern

NYQ:NSC US6558441084
14
  • Value
    24
  • Growth
    67
  • Safety
    Safety
    46
  • Combined
    40
  • Sentiment
    19
  • 360° View
    360° View
    14
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Company Description

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a rail transportation company. It operates in the agriculture, forest, consumer products, automotive, chemicals, and metals and construction industries. The company operates in the Southeast, East, and Midwest of the United States, with overseas freight through Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $58,500 million, profits of $6,325 million, revenue of $12,123 million, and 19600 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 14 (better than 14% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Norfolk Southern are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Norfolk Southern. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 67, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. It ranks higher than 67% of competitors in the same industry. The other indicators are below average, namely the Value, Safety, and Sentiment Ranks.The Value Rank at 24 means that the share price of Norfolk Southern is on the high side compared with its peers regarding revenues, profits, and invested capital. The stock price is higher than for 76% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 46, which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 54% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. The consolidated Sentiment Rank also has a low rank of 19, indicating professional investors are more pessimistic about the stock than for 81% of alternative investment opportunities. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Price vs. Sales (P/S)
Weakest Rank Profit Growth
Country USA
Industry Railroads
Size Medium
Website norfolksouthern.com
Index
S&P 500
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
24 29 45 35
Growth
67 33 35 34
Safety
Safety
46 44 32 76
Sentiment
19 72 65 99
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14 26 27 74
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
20 49 46 41
Opinions Change
50 14 49 75
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 86 88
Market Pulse
56 63 52 76
Sentiment
19 72 65 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
24 29 45 35
Growth
67 33 35 34
Safety Safety
46 44 32 76
Combined
40 23 23 39
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
9 9 15 12
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
25 36 43 32
Price vs. Book (P/B)
26 33 36 27
Dividend Yield
75 77 84 79
Value
24 29 45 35
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
32 33 26 38
Profit Growth
83 47 56 34
Capital Growth
39 30 42 59
Stock Returns
75 63 35 49
Growth
67 33 35 34
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
44 36 34 50
Refinancing
30 42 37 97
Liquidity
66 64 45 56
Safety Safety
46 44 32 76

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The only positive is high growth. The stock is expensive (low Value Rank), risky to finance, and carries critical professional sentiment. This is a risky proposition. Avoid unless you have exceptional conviction that the growth alone will overcome the price and financial risks.

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