NSC · Industrials
What a holder would want to know before buying NSC: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 14% above the lowest point of the past year and 10% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 75% of days and more expensive on 25%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 98% of days.
2% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 45%; the longest took 3.7 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 10% below the Aug 2026 peak.
Norfolk Southern Corporation · Industrials · Railroads · a large company worth $71.38B
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,…
revenue profit
Sales of $12.18B in 2025, with $2.87B of profit. Sales grew in 1 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 21 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 12 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $27 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $22 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 1.70% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 7.
21 analysts: 5 say buy, 16 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $356.11 (range $297.00–$400.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 6 months.
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