Norfolk Southern PE ratio NSC

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 28.2×
10-year median: 20.5×
Against its 10-year history: 84th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 6.9× to 38.6×
Peer median: 29.4×

Norfolk Southern's PE ratio is 28.2× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $329.99 against $11.71 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 20.5×, higher than on 84% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 6.9× in Apr 2018 to 38.6× in Apr 2024.

The median for 3 railroad stocks of a similar size is 29.4×.

PE ratio over time

median 20.5×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	28.2×	21.9×	30.0×
2025	22.2×	15.1×	23.9×
2024	22.1×	22.0×	38.6×
2023	25.9×	14.4×	25.9×
2022	18.1×	16.6×	25.5×
2021	25.6×	22.6×	35.9×
2020	30.6×	12.1×	31.2×
2019	19.0×	7.3×	20.9×
2018	7.1×	6.9×	24.3×
2017	22.8×	18.5×	22.8×
2016	20.0×	12.4×	20.5×
2015	15.3×	12.9×	17.6×
2014	17.5×	15.0×	18.3×
2013	16.2×	11.7×	16.2×
2012	11.1×	10.3×	15.0×
2011	14.2×	12.9×	18.2×
2010	16.8×	16.3×	20.0×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
NSCNorfolk Southern	28.2×
CSXCSX	29.4×
WABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies	36.6×
UNPUnion Pacific	22.8×
Peer median	29.4×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.