Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC

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/S ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) trades at a P/S ratio of 5.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.9× (February 2016) to 7.4× (May 2021); the current reading is higher than 84% of that period. That is above the Railroads industry median of 2.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 1.6×.

P/S ratio, daily

Annual

Period P/S ratio Change
FY2025 5.3× 21.84%
FY2024 4.4× (0.49%)
FY2023 4.4× (3.61%)
FY2022 4.6× (30.83%)
FY2021 6.6× 6.54%
FY2020 6.2× 36.84%
FY2019 4.5× 24.85%
FY2018 3.6× (9.62%)
FY2017 4.0× 26.10%
FY2016 3.2× 30.89%

Quarterly

Period P/S ratio Change
Jun 2026 5.6× 6.56%
Mar 2026 5.3× (0.86%)
Dec 2025 5.3× (3.24%)
Sep 2025 5.5× 16.55%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.9× High 7.4×
Ten-year median 4.3×
Current reading's percentile 84

P/S ratio against peers

What P/S ratio is

Price to Sales Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual sales, whether or not it is profitable.

(Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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