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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for NSC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 54/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-29
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +7.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-29
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.81 · up 0.46 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-28
How it trades on rate days beta 0.12 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How NSC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.12 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Norfolk Southern Corporation moved 0.12% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 15% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.13 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.59% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.58% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Railroads · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Railroads

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against NSC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Norfolk Southern operates a freight railroad across the United States, moving raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products by rail. Its trains carry agricultural goods, chemicals, petroleum products, metals, construction materials, automotive equipment and coal, and it also handles overseas freight through Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports with an intermodal network. It is headquartered in Atlanta.
Where it sits in the stack
Norfolk Southern sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Railroads sleeve of our wider universe, and its role is moving freight rather than supplying the data-centre or chip stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with the other large US freight railroad, CSX.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Norfolk Southern is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelooknet score yet and has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the shares stabilise or extend their slide below the 50-day and 200-day averages after pulling back from the 52-week high.

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NSC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 330 from 360 Target cut to $330 from $360 (+4.4% to spot) 2026-09-24

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.73%, quarterly · last 1.35 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What NSC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.40 USD per share · a 1.73% yield on the 2026-09-29 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-29
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.40 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.35 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.35 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.40 USD · 2025: 5.40 USD · 2026: 4.05 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-02

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-30

Quick answers

What is Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)?

Norfolk Southern Corporation trades as NSC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-30.

Is NSC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Norfolk Southern Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-30.

Where does NSC trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -5.9% vs the 50-day and +0.9% vs the 200-day average, 12.7% below the 52-week high and +14% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-29 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Norfolk Southern Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Norfolk Southern Corporation had a beta of 0.12 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 15% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.59% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Norfolk Southern Corporation do?

Norfolk Southern operates a freight railroad across the United States, moving raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products by rail. Its trains carry agricultural goods, chemicals, petroleum products, metals, construction materials, automotive equipment and coal, and it also handles overseas freight through Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports with an intermodal network. It is headquartered in Atlanta. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with the other large US freight railroad, CSX.

Where does Norfolk Southern Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Norfolk Southern sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Railroads sleeve of our wider universe, and its role is moving freight rather than supplying the data-centre or chip stack. Norfolk Southern is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelooknet score yet and has not appeared in the diary's quotes or editions so far.

Does Norfolk Southern Corporation pay a dividend?

Norfolk Southern Corporation has paid 5.40 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.73% on the 2026-09-29 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.35 USD on 2026-08-07. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Norfolk Southern Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Norfolk Southern Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-09-24 (target 330 from 360). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NSC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Railroads, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.