Class I railroad Norfolk Southern operates in the Eastern United States. On more than 20,000 miles of track, the rail hauls shipments of coal, intermodal traffic, and a diverse mix of automotive, agricultural, metal, chemical, and forest products.
Employees19,300IPOJun 2, 1982SIC4011HQ650 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30308-1925
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Financials (EUR)
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
36.1%
Operating Margin
37.5%
EBITDA Margin
45.9%
Net Margin
21.9%
OCF Margin
30.8%
FCF Margin
13.3%
Returns on Capital
ROE
17.6%
ROA
6.0%
ROIC
8.3%
ROCE
10.2%
ROC (Greenblatt)
11.6%
3Y ROIIC
−9.4%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
10
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
27.19
Forward P/E
26.49
P/E ex-NRI
25.90
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
24.21
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
44.85
P/OCF
19.32
P/Owner Earnings
30.03
FCF Yield
2.23%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
21.05
EV / Forward EBIT
21.11
EV / EBITDA
15.78
EV / Forward EBITDA
15.53
EV / Revenue
7.24
EV / Forward Revenue
7.01
Asset / Sales
P/S
5.95
P/B
4.59
P/Tangible Book
4.59
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
4.32
Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.65%
Forward Dividend Yield
1.65%
3Y Dividend Growth
2.9%
Payout Ratio
0.43
5Y Yield on Cost
2.42%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
0.50%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
2.29%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
1.08
Gross Debt / EBITDA
3.06
Cash / Debt
0.08
Equity / Assets
0.35
Coverage
Interest Coverage
5.78
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
0.91
Quick Ratio
0.81
Cash Ratio
0.40
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
6
Altman Z-Score
2.47
Split History
Date
Split
No split history found.
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
2026-05-08
$1.35
2026-05-20
2026-02-06
$1.35
2026-02-20
2025-11-07
$1.35
2025-11-20
2025-08-01
$1.35
2025-08-20
2025-05-02
$1.35
2025-05-20
2025-02-07
$1.35
2025-02-20
2024-11-01
$1.35
2024-11-20
2024-08-02
$1.35
2024-08-20
2024-05-02
$1.35
2024-05-20
2024-02-01
$1.35
2024-02-20
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Transcript
Type
2026-07-23
Q2 2026 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-05-19
Norfolk Southern Corp at Wolfe Research Global Transportation & Industrials Conference Transcript
Conference Presentations
2026-05-12
Norfolk Southern Corp at Bank of America Industrials, Transportation & Airlines Key Leaders Conference Transcript
Conference Presentations
2026-04-24
Q1 2026 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-03-17
Norfolk Southern Corp at JPMorgan Industrials Conference Transcript
Conference Presentations
2026-01-29
Q4 2025 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-12-19
Union Pacific Corp and Norfolk Southern Corp Merger Application Conference Call Transcript
Corporate Presentation
2025-10-23
Q3 2025 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-07-29
Q2 2025 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call and America's First Transcontinental Railroad with Union Pacific Corp Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-04-23
Q1 2025 Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
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5-Step DuPont Analysis
ROE %
16.94%
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Net Margin %
21.91%
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Operating Margin %
37.50%
Operating Income
€3.93B
÷
Revenue
€10.47B
×
Tax Burden
0.7849
Net Income
€2.29B
÷
Pretax Income
€2.92B
×
Interest Burden
0.7446
Pretax Income
€2.92B
÷
Operating Income
€3.93B
×
Asset Turnover
0.26
÷
Revenue
€10.47B
÷
Average Total Assets
€39.77B
Begin Total Assets
€40.52B
End Total Assets
€39.02B
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Equity Multiplier
2.94
÷
Avg Total Assets
€39.77B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
€13.55B
Begin Equity
€13.42B
End Equity
€13.67B