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How Norfolk Southern Corporation stacks up
NSC · against 73 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
86/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #28 of 74 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including NSC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 86?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on assets: 5.8% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 96% of peers. Operating margin: 32.2% vs peer median 7.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 73 reported | 10.0% | 14.1% | 25% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 75 reported | 32.2% | 15.5% | 93% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 71 reported | 5.8% | 6.6% | 41% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 68 reported | 17.0% | 19.0% | 39% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 75 reported | 45.2% | 36.0% | 80% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NSC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60.0B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 1 | 81.6B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 68.5B USD | 99 | 50 | |
| 4 | 89.4B USD | 98 | 57 | |
| 4 | 45.2B USD | 98 | 47 | |
| 25 | 47.2B USD | 90 | 65 | |
| 27 | 118.1B EUR (≈$129.9B) | 88 | 60 | |
| 28 | 63.3B CAD (≈$46.2B) | 86 | 56 | |
| 28 | 46.8B USD | 86 | 52 | |
| 28 | 76.6B USD | 86 | 42 | |
| 31 | 453.2B SEK (≈$45.3B) | 85 | 50 | |
| 32 | 46.9B EUR (≈$51.6B) | 84 | 61 | |
| 32 | 135.1B EUR (≈$148.6B) | 84 | 47 | |
| 34 | 1.56T TRY (≈$46.9B) | 83 | 62 |
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