Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) on Tuesday, plunged -0.14% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $248.50. Within the past 52 weeks, NSC’s price has moved between $183.09 and $263.66.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales topped by 1.77%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 0.21%. With a float of $225.95 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $226.10 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 20700 workers is very important to gauge.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Railroads industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Norfolk Southern Corp. is 0.07%, while institutional ownership is 76.81%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 13 ’24, was worth 13,138,302. In this transaction Former CEO / Director of this company sold 51,325 shares at a rate of $255.98, taking the stock ownership to the 35,045 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 13 ’24, when Company’s Former Officer proposed sale 51,325 for $255.98, making the entire transaction worth $13,137,927.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) Latest Financial update
As on 6/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 2.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 2.69) by -0.04. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.12 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 0.21% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.90% during the next five years compared to -3.35% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) Trading Performance Indicators
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.54 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.64.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.91, a number that is poised to hit 3.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.66 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)
The latest stats from [Norfolk Southern Corp., NSC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.99 million was inferior to 1.27 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 43.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.34.
During the past 100 days, Norfolk Southern Corp.’s (NSC) raw stochastic average was set at 76.75%, which indicates a significant increase from 36.64% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.93% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 26.81% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $245.20, while its 200-day Moving Average is $239.38. Now, the first resistance to watch is $251.29. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $254.44. The third major resistance level sits at $257.89. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $244.69, it is likely to go to the next support level at $241.24. The third support level lies at $238.09 if the price breaches the second support level.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 56.10 billion based on 225,914K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 12,156 M and income totals 1,827 M. The company made 3,044 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 737,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
