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Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC

Industrials  —  Railroads
313.00 (0.17) (0.05%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$70.3B
P/E
26.7×
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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) trades at a P/E ratio of 26.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.7× (April 2018) to 40.8× (April 2024); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is in line with the Railroads industry median of 26.9× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.8×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

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

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 85

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare n/m
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare 6.6×
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare 12.3×
UNP Union Pacific Corporation compare 22.1×
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation 26.7×
CSX CSX Corporation compare 27.0×
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited compare 27.9×
FSTR L.B. Foster Company compare 33.8×
WAB Wabtec compare 38.6×
Railroads industry median 26.9×
Industrials sector median 24.8×
Market median 17.9×

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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