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How Norfolk Southern Corporation stacks up
NSC · against 74 other Industrials companies of similar size
Growth
29/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #68 of 75 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score5 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including NSC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth and 3-year revenue growth, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 78% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -21.3% vs peer median 7.1%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 70% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -0.4% vs peer median 4.2%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 3.0% vs peer median 4.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NSC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NSC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 75 reported | 3.0% | 7.6% | 23% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 70 reported | -21.3% | 8.3% | 14% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 74 reported | -0.4% | 6.6% | 11% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NSC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63.0B USD | 100 | 55 | |
| 2 | 90.8B USD | 97 | 59 | |
| 3 | 63.3B CAD (≈$46.2B) | 95 | 56 | |
| 3 | 51.7B USD | 95 | 58 | |
| 5 | 103.7B GBP (≈$134.9B) | 94 | 59 | |
| 64 | 3.51T INR (≈$42.1B) | 34 | 30 | |
| 65 | 11.30T JPY (≈$76.8B) | 33 | 51 | |
| 65 | 7.82T JPY (≈$53.2B) | 33 | 40 | |
| 67 | 47.7B USD | 31 | 55 | |
| 68 | 76.6B USD | 29 | 42 | |
| 69 | 41.4B USD | 27 | 27 | |
| 69 | 37.1B EUR (≈$40.9B) | 27 | 30 | |
| 71 | 92.9B USD | 24 | 41 | |
| 72 | 45.6B USD | 20 | 29 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score