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Today's multi-factor rank: 265 of 466 · see the ranking

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC): Quantitative Analysis

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) — Industrials — Railroads. NSC is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, NSC has returned +10.2% against +12.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026.

NSC ranks 265 of 466 on today's multifactor score, and 37 of the 70 Industrials companies that score. Its strongest factor is momentum (Z 0.56, ranked 105 of 497); its weakest is growth (Z -0.64, ranked 449 of 494). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor-0.100265 of 466 ↑20
Momentum0.564105 of 497 ↑22
Value-0.373332 of 494 ↑6
Quality0.053189 of 473 =
Growth-0.644449 of 494 =

Market data

MetricValue
Price$314.16
Market Cap70.56B
P/E27.25
Revenue (last 12 months)12.54B
Price / book4.34
Book value per share$72.36
52-week range$277.80 – $358.60
Dividend yield1.69%
Beta1.27
Average volume1,162,958
Shares outstanding224.61M
Short interest (% of float)2.56% (as of Aug 31, 2026)

When does NSC report earnings? 10 of its last 12, before the open →

What are NSC insiders doing? 43 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 3 buys and 1 sell, the last one on Sep 13, 2026 →

Data as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: point-in-time SEC fundamentals and closing prices. Method and formulas are on the home page.

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