Is Norfolk Southern (NSC) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of Norfolk Southern (NSC)?

Norfolk Southern last traded at $332.44 (+0.3% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Norfolk Southern

NSC · NYSE · Industrials · United States

$332.44+0.3%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:18 PM

Snapshot

TickerNSC

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryRailroads

CountryUnited States

Employees19,300

HeadquartersAtlanta, United States

Market cap$74.7B

P/B4.7

Volume191.02K

Websitewww.norfolksouthern.com

Filings tracked0

About Norfolk Southern

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.0%
Institutions78.0%
Public & other22.0%

2,251 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.6.80%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.49%
State Street Corporation4.38%
Dodge & Cox Inc.2.79%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.26%
Millennium Management Llc2.04%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC1.79%
Pentwater Capital Management Lp1.43%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $3.3B · EPS 3.38

Est. earnings growth +2.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $13.5B · EPS 13.85

Est. earnings growth +11.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$268.2352-wk range$342.53

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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