NFS Stock Overview

Engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. More details

NFS fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 32% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 19.65% per year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 2.19% is not well covered by free cash flows

Large one-off items impacting financial results

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Norfolk Southern Corporation Competitors

Jungfraubahn Holding

SWX:JFN

CHF 933.1m

Kuehne + Nagel International

SWX:KNIN

CHF 24.0b

BVZ Holding

SWX:BVZN

CHF 167.7m

CSX

NasdaqGS:CSX

US$60.9b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Norfolk Southern
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$193.97
52 Week High	US$0
52 Week Low	US$0
Beta	1.31
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	0%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	NFS	CH Transportation	CH Market
7D	0%	0.09%	-2.3%
1Y	n/a	4.9%	1.2%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how NFS performed against the Swiss Transportation industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how NFS performed against the Swiss Market.

Price Volatility

Is NFS's price volatile compared to industry and market?
NFS volatility
NFS Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Transportation Industry Average Movement	4.8%
Market Average Movement	3.3%
10% most volatile stocks in CH Market	7.4%
10% least volatile stocks in CH Market	1.6%

Stable Share Price: NFS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine NFS's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1980	20,700	Mark George	www.norfolksouthern.com

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 consist of 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 Fundamentals Summary

How do Norfolk Southern's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
NFS fundamental statistics
Market cap	CHF 46.85b
Earnings (TTM)	CHF 1.51b
Revenue (TTM)	CHF 10.17b

31.1x

P/E Ratio

4.6x

P/S Ratio

Is NFS overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
NFS income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$12.09b
Cost of Revenue	US$6.79b
Gross Profit	US$5.30b
Other Expenses	US$3.51b
Earnings	US$1.79b

Last Reported Earnings

Jun 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	7.92
Gross Margin	43.85%
Net Profit Margin	14.81%
Debt/Equity Ratio	139.7%

How did NFS perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.2%

Current Dividend Yield

68%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/09/28 00:25
End of Day Share Price	2024/07/01 00:00
Earnings	2024/06/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Norfolk Southern Corporation is covered by 49 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jeffrey Kauffman	Aegis Capital Corporation
John Eade	Argus Research Company
Oliver Holmes	Atlantic Equities LLP