Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC): Price and Financial Metrics
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)
Today's Latest Price: $193.06 USD
Updated Aug 5 8:04pm
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NSC Stock Summary
- Norfolk Southern Corp's market capitalization of $49,080,468,030 is ahead of 96% of US-listed equities.
- Norfolk Southern Corp's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.88% of US equities in our set.
- The volatility of Norfolk Southern Corp's share price is greater than that of only 13.9% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Norfolk Southern Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be CP, BH, AVA, RDN, and RGCO.
- NSC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Norfolk Southern Corp's official web site, go to www.norfolksouthern.com.
NSC Stock Price Chart Technical Analysis Charts
NSC Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $193.06 | 52-week high | $219.88 |
| Prev. close | $192.39 | 52-week low | $112.62 |
| Day low | $192.21 | Volume | 1,135,700 |
| Day high | $194.73 | Avg. volume | 1,739,820 |
| 50-day MA | $181.48 | Dividend yield | 1.95% |
| 200-day MA | $181.27 | Market Cap | 53.17B |
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) Company Bio
Norfolk Southern engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. The Company's system reaches various individual industries, electric generating facilities, mines, distribution centers, transload facilities and other businesses located in its service area. The company was founded in 1883 and is based Norfolk, Virginia.
NSC Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $193.06 | $153.11 | -20% |
We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Norfolk Southern Corp with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Norfolk Southern Corp ranked in the 43th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Norfolk Southern Corp ended up being:
- The company's balance sheet shows it gets 79% of its capital from equity, and 21% of its capital from debt. Its equity weight surpasses that of 58.36% of free cash flow generating stocks in the Industrials sector.
- Norfolk Southern Corp's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 7%; for context, that number is higher than only 23.46% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -22% |
| 1% | -21% |
| 2% | -20% |
| 3% | -20% |
| 4% | -19% |
| 5% | -18% |
AVY, NNBR, ZNH, BKNG, and WCN can be thought of as valuation peers to NSC, in the sense that they are in the Industrials sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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