Norfolk Southern Corp [NSC] stock is trading at $283.8, up 0.58%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NSC shares have gain 1.21% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.29%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE: NSC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 24, 2025, when TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and also revised its price target to $314 from $320. Previously, Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold on July 25, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $300. On July 21, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $323 on the stock. Citigroup downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $288 on July 09, 2025. Goldman downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on June 02, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $278. In a note dated March 07, 2025, Deutsche Bank initiated a Buy rating and provided a target price of $293 on this stock.
Norfolk Southern Corp [NSC] stock has fluctuated between $201.63 and $302.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $317.8 within the next 12 months. Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE: NSC] shares were valued at $283.8 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.98% based on the average NSC price forecast.
Analyzing the NSC fundamentals
Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE:NSC] reported sales of 12.23B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.70%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.35%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.31%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.24%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.13.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 281.44 points at the first support level, and at 279.07 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 285.14, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 286.47.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Norfolk Southern Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.86. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.78, while the Cash Ratio is 0.4. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.68, the price to book ratio is 4.21 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.65.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved ANDERSON RICHARD H, Director, that happened on Oct 27 ’25 when 2600.0 shares were purchased. Director, LAMPHERE GILBERT H completed a deal on Jan 31 ’25 to buy 607.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director ANDERSON RICHARD H bought 400.0 shares on Dec 13 ’24.
