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 26, 2019SIC4011HQ650 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30308-1925
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Financials (EUR)
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
36.4%
Operating Margin
37.8%
EBITDA Margin
48.0%
Net Margin
23.6%
OCF Margin
—
FCF Margin
17.7%
Returns on Capital
ROE
19.3%
ROA
6.5%
ROIC
8.4%
ROCE
11.0%
ROC (Greenblatt)
12.4%
3Y ROIIC
−9.4%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
10
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
23.75
Forward P/E
25.43
P/E ex-NRI
24.23
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
23.26
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
31.62
P/OCF
15.64
P/Owner Earnings
22.02
FCF Yield
3.17%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
18.80
EV / Forward EBIT
19.63
EV / EBITDA
14.32
EV / Forward EBITDA
14.65
EV / Revenue
6.88
EV / Forward Revenue
6.72
Asset / Sales
P/S
5.60
P/B
4.37
P/Tangible Book
4.37
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
4.04
Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
1.78%
Forward Dividend Yield
1.74%
3Y Dividend Growth
2.9%
Payout Ratio
0.43
5Y Yield on Cost
2.53%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
0.50%
5Y Share Change
−12.5%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
2.88%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
1.11
Gross Debt / EBITDA
2.96
Cash / Debt
0.09
Equity / Assets
0.34
Coverage
Interest Coverage
5.81
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
0.85
Quick Ratio
0.78
Cash Ratio
0.41
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
6
Altman Z-Score
2.36
Split History
Date
Split
No split history found.
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
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
2023-11-02
$1.35
2023-11-20
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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 %
18.67%
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×
Net Margin %
23.62%
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×
Operating Margin %
37.74%
Operating Income
€4.02B
÷
Revenue
€10.65B
×
Tax Burden
0.7835
Net Income
€2.52B
÷
Pretax Income
€3.21B
×
Interest Burden
0.7987
Pretax Income
€3.21B
÷
Operating Income
€4.02B
×
Asset Turnover
0.27
÷
Revenue
€10.65B
÷
Average Total Assets
€40.17B
Begin Total Assets
€41.72B
End Total Assets
€38.63B
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Equity Multiplier
2.98
÷
Avg Total Assets
€40.17B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
€13.47B
Begin Equity
€13.66B
End Equity
€13.28B