Norfolk Southern

NSC · NYSE · USD

$310.26Change from previous close: +0.41%Absolute change: +$1.26

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$69.69B
Enterprise value
$85.77B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
26.5
Forward P/E
21.7
PEG
3.65
Price/book
4.29
Price/sales
5.56
EV/EBITDA
15.1
EV/revenue
6.84

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
45.2%
Operating margin
35.3%
Net margin
21.0%
ROE
17.0%
ROA
6.0%
Revenue growth (year over year)
11.4%
Earnings growth (year over year)
-4.4%

Financial health

Total cash
$1.07B
Total debt
$17.15B
Debt/equity
1.06
Current ratio
0.83
Quick ratio
0.67

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$5.40
Dividend yield
1.7%
Payout ratio
46.1%
Ex-dividend date
August 7, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$363.50
Median price target
$369.50
High price target
$414.00
Low price target
$297.00
Analysts with a price target
18
Consensus
Hold
Forward EPS
$14.31
EPS estimate, current year
$12.94

Shares and trading

Beta
1.27
Average volume
1.13M
Shares outstanding
224.61M
Float
224.25M
Institutional ownership
77.6%
Insider ownership
0.0%
Short interest (% of float)
3.4%
Short ratio (days)
6.36