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NSC NYSE

Norfolk Southern Corporation
1W: +3.2% 1M: +6.7% 3M: -1.1% YTD: +16.6% 1Y: +18.2% 3Y: +75.6% 5Y: +32.8%
$339.67
+5.68 (+1.70%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±2.7%
$312 $321 $330 $339 $348
NYSE · Industrials · Railroads · Tech Score Buy · Power 70 · $75.0B mcap · 224M float · 0.484% daily turnover · Short 43% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 87% of companies Debt: 18.1% of company value Bonds: $155.1M held by 272 funds, 80 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.70 (down 99%), Norfolk Southern Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $16.61B against a stock market value of $75.02B.
Distance to default 12.16 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-09-30, debt counted $8.63B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 20.9%; Altman Z'' 2.17. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.
#3 of 17
Railroads
Industrials · Large Cap · 9 peers
Market Share
16.2%
Top 4 Concentration: 85.0%

Technical Signal Map

8 Bullish
0 Neutral
2 Bearish

Peer Comparison

Symbol Mkt Cap P/E ROE % ROIC % Net Mgn % Rev Grw % Piotroski Signal 1Y Ret %
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation $74B 28.1 16.8 10.1 21.5 6.0 6 BULLISH 18.2
UNP Union Pacific Corporation $174B 23.1 38.7 16.1 28.8 7.4 7 BULLISH 35.7
CSX CSX Corporation $94B 26.7 26.4 13.0 26.2 5.8 8 BULLISH 44.9
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. $79B 26.7 8.3 6.0 24.6 3.6 5 BULLISH 18.3
CNI Canadian National Railway Company $75B 22.3 22.0 11.3 26.3 3.7 8 BULLISH 31.6
EJPRY East Japan Railway Company $26B 17.2 8.1 3.9 8.8 9.6 8 BULLISH -2.0
CJPRY Central Japan Railway Company $24B 6.7 11.3 6.8 29.0 9.6 7 BULLISH -9.0
MTRJF MTR Corporation Limited $28B 9.1 11.0 0.9 62.9 -6.5 5 BULLISH 31.8
GRPTF Getlink SE $12B 32.9 13.3 10.6 14.3 8.3 7 LEAN BEAR 23.2
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation $46B 34.5 12.2 9.0 13.1 13.2 7 BEARISH 41.2

Profile Radar

Valuation vs Profitability

Performance Comparison

Industry Market Share

NSC vs Benchmarks

ROIC
NSC
10.1
Industry
6.3
Gross Margin
NSC
32.6
Industry
32.6
Op Margin
NSC
32.6
Industry
13.9
Net Margin
NSC
21.5
Industry
9.2
Sector
10.1
Revenue Growth
NSC
6.0
Sector
5.4
P/E Ratio
NSC
28.1
Sector
29.8
ROE
NSC
16.8
Sector
19.2
Piotroski F
NSC
6.0
Sector
7.0

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