Aktienanalyse zu Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC)NSCNorfolk Southern Corp

Norfolk Southern Corporation is a holding company engaged in the rail transportation business. The Company is engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. It also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It offers an intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States. Its railroad operations system reaches various manufacturing plants, electric generating facilities, mines, distribution centers and transload facilities. It serves various industries such as agriculture, forest and consumer products, automotive, chemicals, and metals and construction. Its coal franchise supports the electric generation market, directly serving over 18 coal-fired power plants, as well as the export, domestic metallurgical, and industrial markets, through direct rail and river, lake, and coastal. It operates in the Industrials sector (RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING industry).

Norfolk Southern Corp is a good buy right now due to its current price of $329.99, which is below the average analyst price target of $347. The company reported a strong Q3 with revenues of $3.5 billion, a 14% increase year-over-year, and a solid gross margin of 34.60%. However, the main risk is the recent downgrade in price targets by analysts, with the lowest target set at $318, indicating potential downside.

27 analysts cover NSC: 8 rate it Buy, 17 Hold and 2 Sell. The average price target is 316.56.