Norfolk Southern Corp [NSC] stock is trading at $282.68, up 1.68%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NSC shares have gain 3.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.00%, 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 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.
Norfolk Southern Corp [NSC] stock has fluctuated between $201.63 and $291.69 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $257.5 within the next 12 months. Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE: NSC] shares were valued at $282.68 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -8.91% based on the average NSC price forecast.
Analyzing the NSC fundamentals
Norfolk Southern Corp [NYSE:NSC] reported sales of 12.18B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.17%. 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.17.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Norfolk Southern Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.79. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.71, while 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 4.29 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.10.
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.
