Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC · NYSE · Stock · Industrials
$321.55
+0.13% today
Delayed price,

What Norfolk Southern does

Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals, including sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Key facts

Sector
Industrials
Industry
Railroads
Market cap
$72.22B
P/E (ttm)
27.4
Forward P/E
22.5
Dividend yield
1.68%
Beta
1.28
Profit margin
21.0%
Employees
19,300
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
+2.4%
3 Months
-5.5%
6 Months
+6.3%
1 Year
+11.0%
5 Years
+21.2%
$277.8052-week range$358.60
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-11.1%
16 Feb 2026 → 16 Mar 2026
Fell from $316.23 to $281.09 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+25.0%
20 Oct 2025 → 17 Aug 2026
Ran from $280.50 to $350.72 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

● Trend: Above long-term trend
Price sits above its 200-day average, but the shorter-term averages are not cleanly aligned above/below it.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$303.35 (-5.7%)$321.55$340.84 (+6.0%)
3 Months$290.69 (-9.6%)$321.55$355.69 (+10.6%)
6 Months$278.79 (-13.3%)$321.55$370.88 (+15.3%)
12 Months$262.78 (-18.3%)$321.55$393.46 (+22.4%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 20.2%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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