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Norfolk Southern Corporation

Industrials · Railroads

$334.41

Down-$3.44 (-1.02%)

Updated Aug 16, 2026, 5:23 AM

SID Score

6.5/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
65.97B
P/E ratio
22.27
Dividend yield
1.61%
52-week range
$277.80 – $358.60
Volume
984.21K
Avg. volume
1.43M

Price performance

NSC price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

NSC closed at $334.41 after 20 trading sessions, down 0.17% for the selected period.

Last close
$334.41
Period change
-0.17%
Period low
$330.94
Period high
$350.66
Daily close
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NSC OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 14, 2026$338.89$340.99$334.41$334.41984.21K
Aug 13, 2026$337.40$340.14$337.17$337.851.22M
Aug 12, 2026$335.57$336.365$332.53$335.411.06M
Aug 11, 2026$334.24$336.72$332.76$334.60739.53K
Aug 10, 2026$333.09$337.53$332.00$333.951.84M
Aug 7, 2026$339.25$342.06$334.33$334.362.39M
Aug 6, 2026$344.03$344.99$340.595$342.46580.16K
Aug 5, 2026$340.92$342.00$337.89$341.74890.71K
Aug 4, 2026$335.49$341.84$332.825$341.27761.07K
Aug 3, 2026$336.50$338.48$333.65$336.65776.61K
Jul 31, 2026$333.01$337.72$331.67$335.481.46M
Jul 30, 2026$334.25$336.42$328.775$333.931.1M
Jul 29, 2026$338.78$339.06$334.98$335.741.9M
Jul 28, 2026$345.32$348.23$338.61$338.841.16M
Jul 27, 2026$351.75$351.75$340.68$343.351.84M
Jul 24, 2026$351.59$353.47$347.32$350.661.19M
Jul 23, 2026$343.00$358.595$343.00$348.552.75M
Jul 22, 2026$333.69$334.50$329.82$330.94975.65K
Jul 21, 2026$334.88$335.28$331.02$331.30861.55K
Jul 20, 2026$340.77$341.99$334.18$334.971.01M

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Overview

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Company profile

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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Analyst outlook

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Consensus
Hold
Average target
$304.17
Implied upside
Analysts
13
NSC recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 27, 2026BairdNeutral
Jul 27, 2026BMO CapitalMarket Perform
Jul 24, 2026BarclaysOverweight
Jul 24, 2026RBC CapitalSector Perform
Jul 24, 2026Wells FargoOverweight
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Yahoo · Aug 13, 2026

Battle of the briefs: UP-NS fires back at AGs anti-merger letter

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern turn to former federal anti-trust officials to refute claims by red state Attorneys General opposing their transcontinental rail merger. The post Battle of the briefs: UP-NS fires back at AGs anti-merger letter appeared first on FreightWaves.

Yahoo · Aug 10, 2026

Wall Street Says Hold but Hedge Funds Are Circling NSC’s $85 Billion Merger

Sell-side analysts have parked on Hold while some of the sharpest event-driven hedge funds in the business are quietly building complex positions around Norfolk Southern's pending merger. The two camps are not fighting over fundamentals. They are betting on very different things entirely.

Yahoo · Aug 7, 2026

Rail merger a failure on first sight, shippers protest

The merger filing of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern still lacks information for proper federal review, say shippers’ trade groups. The post Rail merger a failure on first sight, shippers protest appeared first on FreightWaves.

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