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Norfolk Southern forward PE NSC

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
24.2×
10-year median
20.2×
Against its 10-year history
94th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
14.6× to 25.9×
Peer median
23.6×

Norfolk Southern's forward PE is 24.2× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 20.2×, higher than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 14.6× in Mar 2020 to 25.9× in Jul 2026.

The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 23.6×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far24.2×22.5×25.9×
202524.2×17.7×25.5×
202419.5×18.6×22.8×
202320.8×16.2×21.6×
202219.9×15.7×22.8×
202122.9×19.7×24.6×
202021.8×14.6×25.4×
201923.7×15.7×23.7×
201815.5×15.1×20.4×
201719.1×16.8×21.1×
201619.1×13.9×19.5×
201517.2×15.4×22.3×
201420.7×14.2×21.6×
201315.3×12.9×15.3×
201212.3×11.3×15.5×
201114.4×12.0×16.0×
201014.5×12.9×16.7×
200915.4×9.5×16.0×
200814.0×12.5×21.3×
200714.4×12.9×16.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Railroads nearest Norfolk Southern's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
NSCNorfolk Southern24.2×
CSXCSX23.6×
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies24.0×
UNPUnion Pacific21.5×
Peer median23.6×

Where Norfolk Southern ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.