Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $278.0, with 5.38 million shares of worth about $1.5 billion changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 10.38% during that period and on July 24, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.81%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 225.44M shares, out of which, 225.33M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 3.04% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 7.98%. Year-to-date (YTD), NSC shares are showing a performance of 21.91% which increased to 18.45% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $201.63 but also hit the highest price of $281.19 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Norfolk Southern Corp shares is 1.40 million. The stock is currently trading 4.70% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 9.10% for SMA50 and it goes to 12.74% higher than SMA200.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE: NSC) currently have 225.44M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 78.58% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $62.67B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.30. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 18.98, while it has posted earnings per share of $14.64 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.82 and has Quick Ratio of 0.70 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for NSC, volatility over the week remained 2.15% while standing at 1.77% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 6.91% while it is estimated to increase by 12.77% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 10.42% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 2.46% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by TD Cowen on July 21, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $323 to it. Coverage by Citigroup stated Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on July 09, 2025, suggesting a price target of $288 for the stock. On July 01, 2025, Robert W. Baird Resumed their recommendations, while on June 02, 2025, Goldman Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $278. Stock get a Buy rating from Deutsche Bank on March 07, 2025.
