NSC · Norfolk Southern Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $71.30B |
| P/E | 27.05 |
| Float | 224.5M |
| Beta | 1.21 |
| Volatility | 30.2% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Road & Rail |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 84.7 |
| Price | 317.44 |
| Change | +0.00% |
| Prev Close | 317.44 |
| Open | 312.08 |
| Day Low | 311.66 |
| Day High | 318.29 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $287.9M |
| 52W High | 358.60 |
| 52W Low | 277.80 |
| 52W Pos | 49.1% |
| From High | −11.48% |
| From Low | +14.27% |
| Max DD 1Y | −12.47% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +0.11% |
| SMA 50 | −4.17% |
| SMA 200 | +1.93% |
| RSI (14) | 45.4 |
| Vol 30D | 17.2% |
| Vol 90D | 22.5% |
| 1Y Range | 278–359 |
| Daily bars | 526 |
| Perf Week | +1.42% |
| Perf Month | −3.82% |
| Perf Quarter | −1.39% |
| Perf Half Y | +10.22% |
| Perf Year | +6.28% |
| Perf YTD | +10.29% |
| Prev Day | +0.00% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.63 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.85 |
| Int Cover | 5.4× |
| FCF Margin | 17.7% |
| Rev Growth | +0.5% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | 4 / 14 |
What NSC 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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayNSC grades A-, 84.7 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (70), most exposed on News Sentiment (53, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Road & Rail median. Ranks 4 of 14 in Road & Rail by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| NSC | Road & Rail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.21 | 1.16 |
| Volatilityannualized | 30.2% | 29.0% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −12.5% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.61% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 7 (3%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| NSC | Road & Rail median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.21 | 1.16 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Moderate 47% of 15 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Road & Rail names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| NSC | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +1.4% |
| 1 month | −3.8% |
| Year to date | +10.3% |
| 1 year | +6.3% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| NSC | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 31 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 58 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 19 · 6 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 19 ↑ 6 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Road & Rail names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| NSC | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +0.5% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Road & Rail median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openA Norfolk Southern garbage-hauling train derailed near Highway 22 and Railroad Street in Maplesville, blocking key routes and triggering a multi-agency emergency response. No injuries were reported, and the article frames the incident as a lens on how investors assess rail operator safety and reliability.
Brokerage Susquehanna cut its price target on Norfolk Southern to $350 from $386 while keeping a "neutral" rating. The article does not give a reason for the change.
A federal judge in Georgia has ruled that Norfolk Southern investors can proceed as a group in a lawsuit alleging the company made misleading statements about its safety operations before a fiery 2023 Ohio train derailment, though the judge narrowed the time period those investors can claim for.
The Surface Transportation Board unanimously rejected requests from opponents to dismiss the merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern without review. The two railroads also announced a jobs-for-life agreement with the SMART-MD union as part of their proposed combination.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern reported that the Surface Transportation Board unanimously rejected requests from merger opponents to dismiss their revised merger application, moving the proposed transcontinental railroad combination forward.
Nearest peers by size
Road & Rail| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSX | CSX Corp | A- | $87.86B | 27.26 | 1.13 | Compare |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co | A | $100.9B | 21.10 | 0.91 | Compare |
| CP | Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd | A- | $105.7B | 27.33 | 0.75 | Compare |
| ODFL | Old Dominion Freight Line Inc | B | $37.42B | 34.36 | 1.16 | Compare |
| UBER | Uber Technologies Inc | B- | $139.1B | 14.52 | 1.31 | Compare |
| UNP | Union Pacific Corp | A- | $165.3B | 22.55 | 0.87 | Compare |
| XPO | XPO Inc | B | $23.40B | 54.47 | 1.93 | Compare |
| FDXF | FedEx Freight Holding Company Inc | — | $22.96B | 16.59 | -0.72 | Compare |
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