Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC stock score: 60/100

$329.99 · -2.44% · Scored Oct 23, 2026

Technical
64
Fundamental
56
News
62

The reading

Norfolk Southern (NSC) scores 60 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 80% of Industrials stocks and 76% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 64, fundamentals 56.

Among the fundamentals, EBITDA Margins at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Fair Value at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 67 and contrarian oscillators 28 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is positive at 62; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 52 to 71, and it is down 11 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NSC’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

56

Pulling it up

  • EBITDA Margins100

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

Holding it back

  • Fair Value0

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Price to Sales Ratio4

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • PEG Ratio4

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

61

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Chaikin Money Flow (20)94

    Chaikin Money Flow (20-period) measures buying and selling pressure over 20 periods.

  • VWAP83

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Money Flow Index (14)2

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Williams %R (28)4

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
62

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly521
Daily613
Weekly642
Monthly722
Quarterly692

Composite score, last 90 days

05010060Jul 25, 2026Oct 23, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 71Jul 26, 2026: 71Jul 27, 2026: 70Jul 28, 2026: 70Jul 29, 2026: 69Jul 30, 2026: 69Jul 31, 2026: 61Aug 2, 2026: 52Aug 3, 2026: 58Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 57Aug 7, 2026: 58Aug 8, 2026: 58Aug 9, 2026: 58Aug 10, 2026: 58Aug 11, 2026: 59Aug 12, 2026: 60Aug 13, 2026: 59Aug 14, 2026: 58Aug 15, 2026: 59Aug 16, 2026: 60Aug 17, 2026: 61Aug 18, 2026: 61Aug 19, 2026: 61Aug 20, 2026: 61Aug 22, 2026: 61Aug 23, 2026: 61Aug 24, 2026: 61Aug 25, 2026: 61Aug 26, 2026: 61Aug 27, 2026: 60Aug 28, 2026: 60Aug 29, 2026: 60Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 59Sep 1, 2026: 59Sep 2, 2026: 59Sep 3, 2026: 57Sep 4, 2026: 58Sep 5, 2026: 58Sep 6, 2026: 58Sep 7, 2026: 58Sep 8, 2026: 59Sep 9, 2026: 56Sep 10, 2026: 56Sep 11, 2026: 56Sep 12, 2026: 56Sep 13, 2026: 56Sep 14, 2026: 56Sep 15, 2026: 56Sep 16, 2026: 56Sep 17, 2026: 56Sep 18, 2026: 55Sep 19, 2026: 55Sep 20, 2026: 55Sep 21, 2026: 54Sep 22, 2026: 55Sep 23, 2026: 57Sep 24, 2026: 57Sep 25, 2026: 56Sep 26, 2026: 54Sep 27, 2026: 54Sep 28, 2026: 56Sep 29, 2026: 55Sep 30, 2026: 54Oct 1, 2026: 54Oct 2, 2026: 57Oct 3, 2026: 57Oct 4, 2026: 57Oct 5, 2026: 57Oct 6, 2026: 58Oct 7, 2026: 56Oct 8, 2026: 57Oct 9, 2026: 58Oct 10, 2026: 58Oct 11, 2026: 58Oct 12, 2026: 58Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 59Oct 15, 2026: 59Oct 16, 2026: 60Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 59Oct 20, 2026: 59Oct 21, 2026: 60Oct 22, 2026: 60Oct 23, 2026: 60
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Key facts

Market cap
$74.1B
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Railroads
Beta
1.28
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Oct 22, 2026

Railroads peers

CompanyMarket capScore
UNP Union Pacific$177.1B61
CSX CSX$95.7B61
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City$79.7B62
CNI Canadian National Railway Company$75.5B63
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies$46.7B61
TRN Trinity Industries$2.1B51

Questions

What is NSC's stock score today?

NSC scores 60/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 23, 2026: technical 64, fundamental 56, and news sentiment 62, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is NSC a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 60 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the NSC score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.