NSC (NSC) Stock

About NSC

NSC is led by CEO Mark R. George, employs 19,600 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 1982.

NSC stock trades at $332.96 with a market capitalization of $74.79B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 30.09, price-to-book of 4.88, price-to-sales of 6.32. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $268.23 and $358.60, and currently trades 7.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.53%.

On profitability, NSC generates a return on equity (ROE) of 16.80%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 9.50%, an operating margin of 32.91%, a net profit margin of 21.02%.

In its most recent fiscal year, NSC reported annual revenue of $12.2B, net profit of $2.9B, revenue has compounded at 4.5% a year over the last five years, profit at 7.4% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 0.91, total assets of $45.2B, $1.5B in cash and equivalents.

NSC has a beta of 1.27.