Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)
NYSE: NSC · Real-Time Price · USD
263.52
+4.59 (1.77%)
Nov 21, 2024, 2:54 PM EST - Market open

Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 19 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Norfolk Southern stock have an average target of 275.68, with a low estimate of 175 and a high estimate of 316. The average target predicts an increase of 4.61% from the current stock price of 263.52.

Analyst Consensus: Buy
Target Low Average Median High
Price $175 $275.68 $283 $316
Change -33.59% +4.61% +7.39% +19.91%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for NSC stock from 19 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 Jun '24Jul '24Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24
Strong Buy 666677
Buy 666776
Hold 444455
Sell 111111
Strong Sell 000000
Total 171717182019

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Barclays
Barclays
Buy
Maintains
$290$305
Buy Maintains $290$305 +15.74% Nov 13, 2024
Citigroup
Citigroup
Strong Buy
Maintains
$302$316
Strong Buy Maintains $302$316 +19.91% Nov 12, 2024
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Buy
Maintains
$272$282
Buy Maintains $272$282 +7.01% Oct 23, 2024
TD Cowen
TD Cowen
Hold
Maintains
$253$259
Hold Maintains $253$259 -1.72% Oct 23, 2024
B of A Securities
B of A Securities
Strong Buy
Maintains
$276$291
Strong Buy Maintains $276$291 +10.43% Oct 23, 2024
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
12.28B
from 12.16B
Increased by 1.05%
Revenue Next Year
12.80B
from 12.28B
Increased by 4.19%
EPS This Year
11.98
from 8.02
Increased by 49.36%
EPS Next Year
13.72
from 11.98
Increased by 14.50%
Fiscal Year FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Period Ending Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
11.30B9.79B11.14B12.75B12.16B12.28B12.80B13.42B
Revenue Growth
-1.41%-13.34%13.82%14.39%-4.62%1.05%4.19%4.87%
EPS
10.257.8412.1113.888.0211.9813.7215.56
EPS Growth
7.75%-23.53%54.55%14.56%-42.20%49.36%14.50%13.44%
Forward PE
-----22.0019.2116.94
No. Analysts -----303021
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20242025202620272028
High 12.9B 13.6B 14.3B
Avg 12.3B 12.8B 13.4B
Low 11.8B 11.9B 12.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20242025202620272028
High
6.3%
11.1%
11.8%
Avg
1.1%
4.2%
4.9%
Low
-2.6%
-2.8%
-3.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20242025202620272028
High 12.73 14.73 17.64
Avg 11.98 13.72 15.56
Low 11.36 12.61 13.65

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20242025202620272028
High
58.7%
23.0%
28.6%
Avg
49.4%
14.5%
13.4%
Low
41.6%
5.3%
-0.5%
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.