Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)
NYSE: NSC · Real-Time Price · USD
279.06
+0.87 (0.31%)
Sep 4, 2025, 11:07 AM - Market open

Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 18 analysts that cover Norfolk Southern stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $285.56, which forecasts a 2.33% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $247 and the highest is $323.

Price Target: $285.56 (+2.33%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$247$285.56$289$323
Change-11.49%+2.33%+3.56%+15.75%
* Price targets were last updated on Jul 30, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

RatingMar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25
Strong Buy555533
Buy666644
Hold66671212
Sell111100
Strong Sell000000
Total181818191919

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Citigroup
Citigroup
Hold
Maintains
$288$305
HoldMaintains$288$305+9.30%Jul 30, 2025
Benchmark
Benchmark
Hold
Downgrades
n/a
HoldDowngradesn/an/aJul 30, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Buy
Maintains
$290$300
BuyMaintains$290$300+7.50%Jul 30, 2025
Evercore ISI Group
Evercore ISI Group
Hold
Downgrades
$279$289
HoldDowngrades$279$289+3.56%Jul 30, 2025
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Hold
Downgrades
$282$288
HoldDowngrades$282$288+3.20%Jul 30, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
12.46B
from 12.12B
Increased by 2.74%
Revenue Next Year
13.00B
from 12.46B
Increased by 4.35%
EPS This Year
12.71
from 11.57
Increased by 9.81%
EPS Next Year
14.19
from 12.71
Increased by 11.67%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
9.79B11.14B12.75B12.16B12.12B12.46B13.00B
Revenue Growth
-13.34%13.82%14.39%-4.62%-0.27%2.74%4.35%
EPS
7.8412.1113.888.0211.5712.7114.19
EPS Growth
-23.53%54.55%14.56%-42.20%44.30%9.81%11.67%
Forward PE
-----21.9619.66
No. Analysts
-----2828
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue20252026202720282029
High13.1B13.8B
Avg12.5B13.0B
Low11.9B12.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth20252026202720282029
High
8.1%
10.6%
Avg
2.7%
4.4%
Low
-1.6%
-1.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS20252026202720282029
High13.6815.93
Avg12.7114.19
Low12.1613.16

EPS Growth

EPS Growth20252026202720282029
High
18.2%
25.3%
Avg
9.8%
11.7%
Low
5.1%
3.6%
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.