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Norfolk Southern (NSC)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$283.71 USD

283.71
2,712,317

+1.03 (0.36%)

Updated Sep 19, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $284.72 +1.01 (0.36%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.64%
2Buy17.83%
3Hold9.69%
4Sell5.29%
5Strong Sell2.54%
S&P50011.29%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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D Value D Growth D Momentum F VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 43% (105 out of 245)

Industry: Transportation - Rail

Zacks News

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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Stock Gains 12% in July: Here's Why

Norfolk Southern (NSC) benefits from factors like volume growth, lower costs and a reduced tax rate.

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        Why Norfolk Southern (NSC) Stock Might be a Great Pick

        Norfolk Southern (NSC) is seeing solid earnings estimate revision activity and is a great company from a Zacks Industry Rank perspective.

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                NSC or CNI: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?

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                  Multiple tailwinds like solid freight demand and reduced tax rates are benefiting railroads immensely.

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                    Norfolk Southern Rewards Shareholders With 11% Dividend Hike

                    Norfolk Southern's (NSC) initiatives to add shareholder value through dividends are encouraging, especially in the wake of the tax law.

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                      Stock Market News For Jul 26, 2018

                      U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Wednesday recovering from a stiff fall in early trading hours

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                        Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats Q2 Earnings & Revenues, Up Y/Y

                        Impressive growth across all segments aids Norfolk Southern's (NSC) Q2 results.

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                          Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats on Q2 Earnings

                          Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported better-than-expected earnings and revenues in the second quarter of 2018 with growth across all the segments.

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                                      Transportation Stock Q2 Earnings on Jul 25: NSC, KNX & More

                                      A buoyant economy aids transportation stocks amid rising fuel costs.

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                                        Can Volume Growth Aid Norfolk Southern's (NSC) Q2 Earnings?

                                        Robust volume expansion owing to solid segmental performances at the chemicals, agriculture, intermodal and coal are likely to drive Norfolk Southern's (NSC) Q2 results.

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                                          Kansas City Southern (KSU) Q2 Earnings Beat on Volume Growth

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                                            Will High Fuel Costs Dampen JetBlue's (JBLU) Q2 Earnings?

                                            High fuel costs are likely to hamper JetBlue's (JBLU) Q2 earnings. Soft unit revenues might further ail the bottom line.

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                                              Hawaiian Holdings (HA) Q2 Earnings: A Beat in the Offing?

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