Norfolk Southern

NYSE
NSC
Stock
Yield per half year: -0.5482%
Dividend yield: 2.23%
Sector: Industrials

Company Analysis Norfolk Southern

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (2.23%) are higher than the sector average (1.64%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (2.32%) is higher than the sector average (0.962%).

Disadvantages

  • Price (251.47 $) is higher than fair price (144.51 $)
  • Current debt level 40.01% has increased over 5 years from 32.17%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=19.36%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=24.05%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Norfolk Southern Industrials Index
7 days 1% -30.8% 1%
90 days 16.4% 0.6% 16.6%
1 year 2.3% 1% 12.5%

NSC vs Sector: Norfolk Southern has outperformed the "Industrials" sector by 1.36% over the past year.

NSC vs Market: Norfolk Southern has significantly underperformed the market by -10.15% over the past year.

Stable price: NSC is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: NSC with weekly volatility of 0.0446% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 20.17
P/S: 4.36

3.2. Revenue

EPS 11.58
ROE 19.36%
ROA 6.15%
ROIC 12.75%
Ebitda margin 33.58%

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (251.47 $) is higher than the fair price (144.51 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (251.47 $) is 42.5% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (20.17) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (33.8).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (20.17) is lower than that of the market as a whole (61.84).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (3.7) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (5.27).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (3.7) is lower than that of the market as a whole (20.59).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (4.36) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (3.45).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (4.36) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.97).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (16.88) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (16.93).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (16.88) is lower than that of the market as a whole (18.41).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 6.09% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (6.09%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the return for the sector (-6.12%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (19.36%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.05%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (19.36%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (42.62%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (6.15%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (7.56%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (6.15%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (23.26%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (12.75%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (12.43%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (12.75%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.15%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (40.01%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 32.17% to 40.01%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 666.59%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 2.23% is higher than the average for the sector '1.64%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 2.23% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=1.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 2.23% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (46.57%) are at a comfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

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