Norfolk Southern Corporation (Norfolk Southern) is primarily engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and…
Analysis
Quality compounder
Norfolk Southern Corporation earns the quality_compounder label: good underlying economics priced fairly, with no obvious bargain or excess.
On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 36.0×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 14% a year, against analyst forecasts of 7%. The gap between price and consensus is worth watching: demanding expectations.
Growth is tepid; the safety picture is adequate. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.
No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.
360° rank · history
1007550250
Jan 202374
13
2023202420252026
All-time high
74
Jan 2023
All-time low
13
Jun 2026
Average rank
35
across all years
Detailed & Historical Ranks
Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.
Current202520242023
Price/Sales
16
9
15
12
Price/Earnings
33
36
43
32
Price/Book
29
33
36
27
Dividend Yield
75
77
84
79
Value (overall)
33
29
45
35
Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.