At the time of writing, Norfolk Southern Corp [NSC] stock is trading at $282.95, up 1.10%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The NSC shares have gain 1.42% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 8.33%, and 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 July 25, 2025, when Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $300 for it. Previously, TD Cowen upgraded its rating to Buy on July 21, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $323. On July 09, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral but maintained its price target of $288 on the stock. Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $278 remained the price target by the analyst firm on June 02, 2025. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on March 07, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $293. In a note dated February 03, 2025, Loop Capital downgraded an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $289 to $256.
For the past year, the stock price of Norfolk Southern Corp fluctuated between $201.63 and $288.11. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $269.33 within the next 12 months. Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE: NSC] shares were valued at $282.95 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.81% based on the average NSC price forecast.
Analyzing the NSC fundamentals
According to Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE:NSC], the company’s sales were 12.18B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 2.17% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.41%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.36%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.28%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.12. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.17.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE:NSC] has a current ratio of 0.79. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.71 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.21, the price to book ratio is 4.30 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.12.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved LAMPHERE GILBERT H, Director, that happened on Jan 31 ’25 when 607.0 shares were purchased. Director, ANDERSON RICHARD H completed a deal on Dec 13 ’24 to buy 400.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Clyburn William Jr. bought 201.0 shares on Dec 13 ’24.
