Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)

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 $287.5, which forecasts a -4.30% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $247 and the highest is $323.

Price Target: $287.5 (-4.30%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$247	$287.5	$290	$323
Change	-17.78%	-4.30%	-3.47%	+7.52%

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

Rating	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25
Strong Buy	5	5	5	3	3	3
Buy	6	6	6	4	4	4
Hold	6	6	7	12	12	12
Sell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	18	18	19	19	19	19

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Bascome Majors Susquehanna	Susquehanna	Hold Maintains $284 → $295	Hold	Maintains	$284 → $295	-1.80%	Sep 25, 2025
Ariel Rosa Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $288 → $305	Hold	Maintains	$288 → $305	+1.53%	Jul 30, 2025
Nathan Martin Benchmark	Benchmark	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Jul 30, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $290 → $300	Buy	Maintains	$290 → $300	-0.14%	Jul 30, 2025
Jonathan Chappell Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy → Hold Downgrades $279 → $289	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$279 → $289	-3.80%	Jul 30, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

12.46B

Increased by 2.76%

from 12.12B

Revenue Next Year

13.01B

Increased by 4.42%

from 12.46B

EPS This Year

12.70

Increased by 9.73%

from 11.57

EPS Next Year

14.16

Increased by 11.49%

from 12.70

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	9.79B	11.14B	12.75B	12.16B	12.12B	12.46B	13.01B
Revenue Growth	-13.34%	13.82%	14.39%	-4.62%	-0.27%	2.76%	4.42%
EPS	7.84	12.11	13.88	8.02	11.57	12.70	14.16
EPS Growth	-23.53%	54.55%	14.56%	-42.20%	44.30%	9.73%	11.49%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.66	21.22
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	27

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.1B	13.8B
Avg	12.5B	13.0B
Low	11.9B	12.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.1%	10.6%
Avg	2.8%	4.4%
Low	-1.6%	-1.3%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.68	15.93
Avg	12.70	14.16
Low	12.16	13.13

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	18.2%	25.4%
Avg	9.7%	11.5%
Low	5.1%	3.4%

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.