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Norfolk Southern (NSC)

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$283.59 USD

283.59
527,812

+3.72 (1.33%)

Updated Aug 6, 2025 12:12 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 Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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4-Sell of 5       4  

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 C 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 41% (100 out of 246)

Industry: Transportation - Rail

Zacks News

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    Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC): Strong Industry, Solid Earnings Estimate Revisions

    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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      Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats on Q1 Earnings, Revenues

      Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) reported first-quarter 2017 earnings of $1.48 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35.

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        Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats on Q1 Earnings

        Norfolk Southern's first quarter 2017 earnings per share of $1.48 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.35.

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                              The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Halliburton, Public Storage, Norfolk Southern, Equinix and UBS Group

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                                CSX Corp Reaches Deal with Hedge Fund, Appoints New CEO

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                                  Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats on Q4 Earnings, Misses Sales

                                  Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported better-than-expected earnings in the quarter.

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                                    Norfolk Southern (NSC) Beats on Q4 Earnings

                                    Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported better-than-expected earnings in the quarter.

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                                      GATX Corp's (GATX) Q4 Earnings & Sales Top; Shares Gain

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                                              Pending Railroad Industry Concerns for 2017

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                                                Will Railroads See Growth in Volumes and Revenues in 2017?

                                                Certain events, like the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election, should give the industry a much-needed boost.

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