Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)

Norfolk Southern Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 20 analysts polled by S&P Global, Norfolk Southern stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $335.29. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 9.95% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $297 (-2.61%) and the highest is $378 (+23.95%).

Price Target: $335.29 (+9.95%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$297	$335.29	$330	$378
Change	-2.61%	+9.95%	+8.21%	+23.95%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Norfolk Southern stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	6	5	4	4	4	4
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	16	17	18	18	16	15
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	23	23	23	23	21	20

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Unknown Analyst Wells Fargo No rating	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $350	Buy	Maintains	$350	+14.77%	May 12, 2026
Thomas Wadewitz UBS	UBS	Hold Reiterates $342 → $327	Hold	Reiterates	$342 → $327	+7.23%	May 7, 2026
Brian Ossenbeck J.P. Morgan	J.P. Morgan	Hold Maintains $292 → $331	Hold	Maintains	$292 → $331	+8.54%	Apr 29, 2026
Daniel Moore CFA Robert W. Baird	Robert W. Baird	Hold Maintains $315 → $330	Hold	Maintains	$315 → $330	+8.21%	Apr 28, 2026
Jonathan Chappell Evercore ISI	Evercore ISI	Hold Maintains $295 → $325	Hold	Maintains	$295 → $325	+6.57%	Apr 27, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

12.82B

Increased by 5.27%

from 12.18B

Revenue Next Year

13.37B

Increased by 4.29%

from 12.82B

EPS This Year

12.27

Decreased by -3.76%

from 12.75

EPS Next Year

13.65

Increased by 11.28%

from 12.27

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	11.14B	12.75B	12.16B	12.12B	12.18B	12.82B	13.37B
Revenue Growth	13.82%	14.39%	-4.62%	-0.27%	0.47%	5.27%	4.29%
EPS	12.11	13.88	8.02	11.57	12.75	12.27	13.65
EPS Growth	54.55%	14.56%	-42.20%	44.30%	10.15%	-3.76%	11.28%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	24.86	22.34
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	25	23

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
High	13.5B	14.3B
Avg	12.8B	13.4B
Low	12.3B	12.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
High	11.1%	11.8%
Avg	5.3%	4.3%
Low	0.8%	-1.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
High	13.13	14.86
Avg	12.27	13.65
Low	11.61	12.74

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
High	3.0%	21.1%
Avg	-3.8%	11.3%
Low	-8.9%	3.9%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by TipRanks. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.