Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 18 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Norfolk Southern stock have an average target of 265.22, with a low estimate of 175 and a high estimate of 290. The average target predicts an increase of 18.67% from the current stock price of 223.50.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$175	$265.22	$270	$290
Change	-21.70%	+18.67%	+20.81%	+29.75%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Norfolk Southern stock from 18 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25
Strong Buy	7	7	6	5	5	5
Buy	6	6	6	6	6	6
Hold	5	5	6	6	6	6
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	19	19	19	18	18	18

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Walter Spracklin RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $271 → $270	Buy	Maintains	$271 → $270	+20.81%	Apr 24, 2025
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $284 → $275	Strong Buy	Maintains	$284 → $275	+23.04%	Apr 24, 2025
Bascome Majors Susquehanna	Susquehanna	Hold Maintains $260 → $250	Hold	Maintains	$260 → $250	+11.86%	Apr 24, 2025
Jonathan Chappell Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $284 → $269	Buy	Maintains	$284 → $269	+20.36%	Apr 24, 2025
Benjamin Nolan Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $265 → $247	Hold	Maintains	$265 → $247	+10.51%	Apr 14, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

12.49B

from 12.12B

3.02%

from 12.12B

Revenue Next Year

13.07B

from 12.49B

4.68%

from 12.49B

EPS This Year

12.86

from 11.57

11.10%

from 11.57

EPS Next Year

14.64

from 12.86

13.86%

from 12.86

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	9.79B	11.14B	12.75B	12.16B	12.12B	12.49B	13.07B	13.80B
Revenue Growth	-13.34%	13.82%	14.39%	-4.62%	-0.27%	3.02%	4.68%	5.55%
EPS	7.84	12.11	13.88	8.02	11.57	12.86	14.64	16.45
EPS Growth	-23.53%	54.55%	14.56%	-42.20%	44.30%	11.10%	13.86%	12.38%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.38	15.27	13.59
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	31	31	16

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	13.2B	13.9B	14.8B
Avg	12.5B	13.1B	13.8B
Low	11.9B	11.9B	13.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	8.6%	11.6%	12.8%
Avg	3.0%	4.7%	5.6%
Low	-2.2%	-4.8%	-0.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	13.78	15.91	18.66
Avg	12.86	14.64	16.45
Low	12.05	13.41	14.39

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	19.0%	23.7%	27.5%
Avg	11.1%	13.9%	12.4%
Low	4.2%	4.3%	-1.7%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.