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Norfolk Southern Corp. is listed on the NYSE in the Industrials sector while operating in the Railroads industry. The current market capitalization of Norfolk Southern Corp. is $50.00B. A total of 1.48 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.33M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Fahmy Sameh bought 2,000 shares of NSC for 219.25 per share on Jun 14 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 7,000 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jun 03 ’24, Fahmy Sameh bought 1,500 shares at 222.17 per share. NSC shares that Director owns now total 5,000.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Fahmy Sameh acquired of 500 shares on May 31 ’24 at a per-share price of $222.20. This resulted in the Director holding 3,500 shares of NSC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Huffard John C Jr bought 3,398 shares at $219.92 per share on May 30 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 3,398.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Norfolk Southern Corp. pays an annual dividend of $5.40, resulting in a dividend yield of 2.44%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.58. NSC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 8/2/2024 when it declared a $1.35 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 8/20/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 5/20/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 5/2/2024. The NSC stock dividend was $1.35 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, NSC has a high of $263.66 and a low of $183.09.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. NSC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $839.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $14.25B in debt and $2.52B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $55.49, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $13.64B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for NSC is Buy with a score of 4.09.
