Event-Driven Stocks

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP

NSCNYSE

Industrials · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · VA · SEC filings ↗ · Compare ⊕

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$12.18B$12.12B$12.16B$12.74B$11.14B$9.79B
Operating income$4.36B$4.07B$2.85B$4.81B$4.45B$3.00B
Net income$2.87B$2.62B$1.83B$3.27B$3.00B$2.01B
Total assets$45.24B$43.68B$41.65B$38.88B$38.49B$37.96B
Total liabilities$29.69B$29.38B$28.87B$26.15B$24.85B$23.17B
Equity$15.55B$14.31B$12.78B$12.73B$13.64B$14.79B
EPS (diluted)$12.75$11.57$8.02$13.88$12.11$7.84
Shares out.226.4M225.9M227.8M239.8M251.9M257.8M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
35.8%
Net margin
23.6%
Return on equity
18.5%
Return on assets
6.4%
Return on capital (ROCE)
10.5%
Liabilities / assets
65.6%
Debt / equity
1.91×
Book value / share
$68.66
Revenue growth (YoY)
0.5%
Net income growth (YoY)
9.6%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.07grey zone
Accruals / assets
−3.3%clean
Piotroski F-Score
6/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
72
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 25

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

● 1 warning● 5 good
  • Altman Z″ in the grey zone
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20267.2M6.8-26.2%
Apr 30, 20269.7M8.2+12.7%
Apr 15, 20268.6M5.8+2.0%
Mar 31, 20268.5M6.5-3.0%
Mar 13, 20268.7M6.3-17.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • 8-KJun 1, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 4May 22, 2026
  • 8-KMay 8, 2026
  • SCHEDULE 13GApr 30, 2026
  • 4Apr 28, 2026

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