Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) kicked off on Friday, up 0.16% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $283.53. Over the past 52 weeks, NSC has traded in a range of $201.63-$302.24.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 2.46%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 2.81%. With a float of $244.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $244.71 million.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Railroads Industry. The insider ownership of Norfolk Southern Corp is 0.06%, while institutional ownership is 71.12%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 05 ’25, was worth 466,901. In this transaction Director of this company bought 1,650 shares at a rate of $282.97, taking the stock ownership to the 12,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 27 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 2,600 for $281.86, making the entire transaction worth $732,823. This insider now owns 7,000 shares in total.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 3.04 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 2.94) by 0.1. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.93 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.81% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.50% during the next five years compared to 2.46% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Norfolk Southern Corp’s (NSC) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.78. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 33.11.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.11, a number that is poised to hit 2.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.18 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC)
Looking closely at Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC), its last 5-days average volume was 1.29 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.56 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 49.79%.
During the past 100 days, Norfolk Southern Corp’s (NSC) raw stochastic average was set at 63.26%, which indicates a significant increase from 49.64% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 3.57 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 4.47 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $286.80, while its 200-day Moving Average is $259.29. However, in the short run, Norfolk Southern Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $285.79. Second resistance stands at $287.61. The third major resistance level sits at $289.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $282.40, it is likely to go to the next support level at $280.83. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $279.01.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 69.49 billion has total of 224,387K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 12,123 M in contrast with the sum of 2,622 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,103 M and last quarter income was 711,000 K.
