The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

NSC

Concerning the House

Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals, including sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

United States · www.norfolksouthern.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$12.16B+2.7%
Operating income$4.07B+1.8%
Net income$1.83B+22.1%
Cash from ops$3.18B+4.2%
Quotation

$337.85

+2.44 (+0.7%)

52w hi$349.28
52w lo$267.63
Vol831.96K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.17

Short+0.24
Medium+0.19
Long-0.02

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Norfolk Southern Corporation

Industrials · Railroads

Market cap$75.88B
Enterprise value$91.42B
Trailing P/E28.85x
Forward P/E23.62x
EV / EBITDA16.14x
P / S (ttm)6.05x
Profit margin21.0%
Return on equity17.0%
Revenue growth+11.4%
Earnings growth-4.4%
Debt / equity105.52
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.66
Corr SPX0.45
Annual vol23.9%
Annual ret+19.5%
Sharpe0.82
Max DD-25.5%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.15
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.18
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$337.40$340.14$337.18$337.85831.96K
Aug 12$335.57$336.37$332.53$335.411.06M
Aug 11$334.24$336.72$332.76$334.60739.50K
Aug 10$333.09$337.53$332.00$333.951.84M
Aug 7$339.25$342.06$334.33$334.362.39M