Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC): Price and Financial Metrics

NSC POWR Grades

• NSC scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 92.2% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for NSC is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 48 weeks.
• NSC ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 27th percentile.

NSC Stock Summary

• NSC has a higher market value than 95.66% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $59,809,261,791.
• NSC's went public 35.75 years ago, making it older than 92.65% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• The volatility of Norfolk Southern Corp's share price is greater than that of only 6.95% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NSC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CP, FDX, AMOV, ENB, and ICE.
• NSC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Norfolk Southern Corp's official web site, go to www.norfolksouthern.com.

NSC Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, NSC's price/earnings ratio is 9.79% lower, now standing at 23.5.
• NSC's price/sales ratio has moved up 4.9 over the prior 243 months.
• NSC's price/sales ratio has moved up 4.9 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NSC.

NSC Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 42.2%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 40.42%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 57.54%.

Over the past 70 months, NSC's revenue has gone down $346,000,000.

The table below shows NSC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	10,517	3,976	2,732
2021-03-31	9,803	3,697	2,305
2020-12-31	9,789	3,637	2,013
2020-09-30	9,906	3,662	2,008
2020-06-30	10,241	3,698	2,096
2020-03-31	11,081	3,966	2,426

NSC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NSC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 88.7% of graded US stocks.
• NSC's asset turnover comes in at 0.275 -- ranking 66th of 138 Transportation stocks.
• CSX, UNP, and PTSI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NSC.

The table below shows NSC's key quality metrics over time.