{"id":6716,"date":"2025-04-10T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/04\/10\/here-10\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:50:00","slug":"here-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/04\/10\/here-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">\n<p>Atlanta, Georgia-based Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) primarily provides rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. Valued at a market cap of $54.7 billion, the company operates one of the largest freight rail networks in North America and transports industrial products, including automotive, agriculture, coal, and intermodal goods, across 22 states and the District of Columbia. It is scheduled to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Wednesday, Apr. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to this event, analysts project this\u00a0transportation company to report a\u00a0profit of $2.83 per share, up 13.7% from\u00a0$2.49 per share in the year-ago quarter.\u00a0The company has surpassed Wall Street&#8217;s bottom-line estimates in three of the last four quarters, while missing on another occasion.\u00a0Its earnings of $3.04 per share in the previous quarter outpaced the consensus estimates by nearly 3.1%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-zmY\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-zmY')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-zmY');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>     <span>More Top Stocks Daily: <\/span> Go behind Wall Street\u2019s hottest headlines with Barchart\u2019s Active Investor newsletter.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the full year, analysts expect NSC to report EPS of $12.96, up 9.4% from\u00a0$11.85 in fiscal 2024. Its EPS is expected to further grow 13% year over year to $14.65 in fiscal 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:601\/388;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/a395220d9c2cb56ca5bd83845827164a\/6758kbodjvlh4qsl.png\" width=\"601\" height=\"388\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shares of NSC have declined 12.4% over the past 52 weeks, lagging behind both the S&P 500 Index's ($SPX) 4.7% rise, and the Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund\u2019s (XLI) 1.3% uptick over the same time frame.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:602\/401;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/a395220d9c2cb56ca5bd83845827164a\/yjab9rosocnmrjak.png\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Jan. 29, shares of NSC closed up nearly 1.8% after its mixed Q4 earnings release. The company\u2019s adjusted earnings advanced 7.4% year-over-year to $3.04 per share, surpassing Wall Street\u2019s expectations by 3.1%. A notable 16.4% decline in railway operating expenses supported its robust bottom-line growth. Adding to the uptick, its income from railway operations came in at $1.1 billion, up 40% from the year-ago quarter. However, due to lower merchandise and intermodal revenues, its total sales declined 1.6% annually to $3 billion and marginally fell short of the forecasted figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wall Street analysts are moderately optimistic about NSC\u2019s stock, with a \"Moderate Buy\" rating overall. Among 26 analysts covering the stock, 14 recommend \"Strong Buy,\" one suggests a \u201cModerate Buy,\u201d 10 advise \u201cHold,\u201d and one indicates a \u201cStrong Sell\u201d rating.\u00a0 The average price target for NSC\u00a0is $272.12, which indicates a 22.6% potential upside from the current levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-9IQ\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-2\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-9IQ')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-9IQ');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>   <i> On the date of publication, Neharika Jain did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. 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