Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 18 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Norfolk Southern stock have an average target of 267.44, with a low estimate of 175 and a high estimate of 290. The average target predicts an increase of 21.59% from the current stock price of 219.96.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$175	$267.44	$274	$290
Change	-20.44%	+21.59%	+24.57%	+31.84%

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

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Benjamin Nolan Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $265 → $247	Hold	Maintains	$265 → $247	+12.29%	Apr 14, 2025
Stephanie Moore Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Maintains $285 → $260	Strong Buy	Maintains	$285 → $260	+18.20%	Apr 9, 2025
Ariel Rosa Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $298 → $259	Strong Buy	Maintains	$298 → $259	+17.75%	Apr 8, 2025
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $305 → $284	Strong Buy	Maintains	$305 → $284	+29.11%	Apr 2, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $305 → $290	Buy	Maintains	$305 → $290	+31.84%	Apr 2, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

12.54B

from 12.12B

3.40%

from 12.12B

Revenue Next Year

13.14B

from 12.54B

4.86%

from 12.54B

EPS This Year

13.15

from 11.57

13.66%

from 11.57

EPS Next Year

15.02

from 13.15

14.17%

from 13.15

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	12.54B	13.14B	13.85B
Revenue Growth	-13.34%	13.82%	14.39%	-4.62%	-0.27%	3.40%	4.86%	5.36%
EPS	7.84	12.11	13.88	8.02	11.57	13.15	15.02	16.89
EPS Growth	-23.53%	54.55%	14.56%	-42.20%	44.30%	13.66%	14.17%	12.48%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	16.72	14.65	13.02
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	31	30	14

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	9.1%	11.2%	12.2%
Avg	3.4%	4.9%	5.4%
Low	-2.2%	-5.1%	-1.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	14.18	16.28	19.06
Avg	13.15	15.02	16.89
Low	12.45	13.41	14.57

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	22.5%	23.7%	26.9%
Avg	13.7%	14.2%	12.5%
Low	7.5%	1.9%	-3.0%

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.