Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) · Peers

Norfolk Southern against the 5 other companies here in its SEC industry, Railroads, Line-Haul Operating. Each figure is the one on the company's own page; the median is the peers', and the rank is among all 6, highest first.

Measure by measure

Measure	NSC	Peer median	Rank
Market value	$73.43B	median $76.82B	5 of 6
P/E	27.9×	median 25.7×	3 of 5
Forward P/E	25.4×	median 23.2×	1 of 5
EV/EBITDA	16.3×	median 16.3×	3 of 6
P/S	5.9×	median 6.2×	5 of 6
FCF yield	2.2%	median 3.1%	4 of 6
Dividend yield	1.7%	median 1.9%	4 of 6
Operating margin	32.2%	median 36.8%	5 of 6
Net margin	21.0%	median 25.0%	5 of 6
ROIC	10.0%	median 12.3%	4 of 6
ROE	16.2%	median 22.4%	4 of 5
Revenue growth (4y, yearly)	2.3%	median 4.6%	6 of 6
EPS growth (yearly)	1.3%	median 3.3%	4 of 5
Net debt / EBITDA	2.9×	median 2.6×	3 of 6
Current ratio	0.8×	median 0.7×	2 of 6
Stock pay / revenue	0.6%	median 0.5%	2 of 6
Share count change	-0.5%	median -1.9%	2 of 6

Green where Norfolk Southern is on the better side of the median, red where on the worse; no colour where higher is neither, like size or dividend yield.

The peers, largest first

Company	Market value	P/E	ROIC	Score
NSCNorfolk Southern Corporation	$73.43B	P/E 27.9×	10.0%	4.5
UNPUnion Pacific Corporation	$171.71B	P/E 23.4×	15.8%	5.0
CSXCSX Corporation	$90.18B	P/E 28.0×	12.4%	4.8
CPCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limited	$76.82B	P/E 28.4×	6.3%	4.9
CNICanadian National Railway Company	$74.85B	P/E 22.7×	12.3%	5.0
FIPFTAI Infrastructure Inc.	$286.00M	P/E –	-0.6%	4.4

The industry is the Standard Industrial Classification code the company registered with the SEC. It is a broad label: a peer group is a starting point for comparing, not proof that two businesses are alike. None of this is advice.