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NASDAQ · NSC
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Industrials · Railroads
$324.83
Up+$1.10 (+0.34%)
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:20 AM
SID Score
6.4/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 65.97B
- P/E ratio
- 22.27
- Dividend yield
- 1.66%
- 52-week range
- $277.80 – $358.60
- Volume
- 889.77K
- Avg. volume
- 1.43M
Price performance · NSC
NSC price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 15, 2026
NSC closed at $324.83 after 21 trading sessions, up 1.84% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $324.83
- Period change
- +1.84%
- Period low
- $309.00
- Period high
- $324.83
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $327.77 | $329.203 | $322.5309 | $324.83 | 889.77K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $321.97 | $324.01 | $319.30 | $323.73 | 652.46K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $320.15 | $322.0499 | $318.905 | $321.14 | 650.75K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $316.05 | $319.525 | $316.05 | $319.36 | 333.42K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $316.19 | $318.255 | $314.9301 | $317.79 | 373.01K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $313.30 | $318.0551 | $311.70 | $316.99 | 565.93K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $314.66 | $317.52 | $312.87 | $313.20 | 825.72K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $316.08 | $317.445 | $314.3901 | $316.31 | 414.72K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $316.99 | $318.56 | $313.84 | $316.23 | 750.18K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $312.08 | $318.29 | $311.66 | $317.44 | 1.11M |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $307.61 | $311.21 | $305.43 | $310.26 | 1.07M |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $312.72 | $315.34 | $309.00 | $309.00 | 850.35K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $311.24 | $313.66 | $311.17 | $313.00 | 489.69K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $313.16 | $314.68 | $311.69 | $313.05 | 725.12K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $312.57 | $314.35 | $311.202 | $313.00 | 616.89K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $314.75 | $316.8399 | $313.02 | $313.17 | 812.5K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $313.00 | $317.31 | $313.00 | $315.01 | 702.47K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $311.14 | $314.89 | $309.40 | $314.00 | 945.37K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $314.16 | $317.175 | $308.44 | $309.07 | 1.74M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $318.63 | $318.875 | $314.00 | $314.16 | 1.9M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $318.83 | $319.89 | $316.08 | $318.97 | 744.78K |
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Class-I railroad Norfolk Southern operates in the Eastern United States. On more than 20,000 miles of track, the rail hauls shipments of coal, intermodal traffic, and a diverse mix of automotive, agriculture, metal, chemical, and forest products.
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- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $304.17
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 13
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | Citigroup | Neutral | — |
| Oct 5, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Susquehanna | Neutral | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Baird | Neutral | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | — |
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Benzinga · Oct 7, 2026
Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Norfolk Southern, Lowers Price Target to $347
Citigroup analyst Ariel Rosa maintains Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) with a Neutral and lowers the price target from $376 to $347.
Yahoo · Oct 7, 2026
Union Pacific CEO ‘99.99%’ confident rail merger will win approval
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena expects regulators to approve the $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger, saying it would speed freight service and improve competition with trucking. The post Union Pacific CEO ‘99.99%’ confident rail merger will win approval appeared first on FreightWaves.
Yahoo · Oct 6, 2026
Union Pacific CEO makes case for $85B Norfolk Southern merger amid pushback
Union Pacific seeks to acquire Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal creating a transcontinental railroad, but some labor unions and farm groups are pushing back.
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