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Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC Industrials Railroads

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.2 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 11.4%, EPS fell 4.40%, free cash flow fell 3.08% and total debt fell 4.32%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

326.92 2.09 +0.64%
Market cap
$73.0B
P/E
27.9×
Fwd P/E
26.4×
Dividend yield
1.65%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.29
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
68/100
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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) trades at a P/E ratio of 27.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.7× (April 2018) to 40.8× (April 2024); the current reading is higher than 87% of that period. That is in line with the Railroads industry median of 27.9× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 22.6× 11.53%
FY2024 20.3× (30.91%)
FY2023 29.4× 64.89%
FY2022 17.8× (27.45%)
FY2021 24.6× (18.75%)
FY2020 30.2× 59.62%
FY2019 18.9× 20.57%
FY2018 15.7× 101.80%
FY2017 7.8× (58.82%)
FY2016 18.9× 15.31%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 26.8× 11.02%
Mar 2026 24.2× 6.77%
Dec 2025 22.6× (1.18%)
Sep 2025 22.9× 32.49%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.7× High 40.8×
Ten-year median 19.5×
Current reading's percentile 86

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare n/m
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare 5.9×
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare 11.3×
UNP Union Pacific Corporation compare 23.4×
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation 27.9×
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited compare 27.9×
CSX CSX Corporation compare 28.1×
FSTR L.B. Foster Company compare 31.0×
WAB Wabtec compare 38.5×
Railroads industry median 27.9×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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