Projected Income Statement: Norfolk Southern Corporation

Forecast Balance Sheet: Norfolk Southern Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 13,001 14,626 15,611 15,565 15,557 14,453 13,699 12,981
Change - 12.5% 6.73% -0.29% -0.05% -7.1% -5.22% -5.24%
Announcement Date 26/01/22 25/01/23 26/01/24 29/01/25 29/01/26 - - -
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Cash Flow Forecast: Norfolk Southern Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 1,470 1,948 2,349 4,024 2,204 1,908 2,061 2,217
Change - 32.52% 20.59% 71.31% -45.23% -13.43% 8.03% 7.58%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 2,785 2,274 830 28 2,157 2,333 2,653 2,546
Change - -18.35% -63.5% -96.63% 7,603.57% 8.14% 13.72% -4.03%
Announcement Date 26/01/22 25/01/23 26/01/24 29/01/25 29/01/26 - - -
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Forecast Financial Ratios: Norfolk Southern Corporation

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 50.51% 47.31% 43.31% 45.36% 46.48% 45.34% 46.47% 47%
EBIT Margin (%) 39.91% 37.73% 32.63% 34.2% 35.04% 33.76% 35.33% 36.28%
EBT Margin (%) 34.81% 32.4% 19.09% 27.46% 30.09% 28.4% 30.31% 31.59%
Net margin (%) 26.97% 25.66% 15.03% 21.63% 23.59% 21.81% 23.38% 24.4%
FCF margin (%) 25% 17.84% 6.83% 0.23% 17.71% 18.7% 20.3% 18.57%
FCF / Net Income (%) 92.68% 69.54% 45.43% 1.07% 75.08% 85.74% 86.82% 76.12%

Profitability

        
ROA 7.86% 8.45% 6.63% 6.29% 6.33% 5.92% 6.47% 6.8%
ROE 21.14% 24.8% 20.93% 19.81% 18.87% 16.59% 16.95% 16.16%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.31x 2.43x 2.97x 2.83x 2.75x 2.56x 2.26x 2.01x
Debt / Free cash flow 4.67x 6.43x 18.81x 555.89x 7.21x 6.2x 5.16x 5.1x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 13.19% 15.28% 19.32% 33.19% 18.1% 15.3% 15.78% 16.18%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 26.12% 32.31% 44.62% 73.18% 38.93% 33.74% 33.95% 34.42%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 52.78% 85.66% 283.01% 14,371.43% 102.18% 81.79% 77.7% 87.1%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 17.15 17.92 13.98 17.9 19.36 19.92 18.67 -
Change - 4.49% -21.99% 28.02% 8.15% 2.93% -6.29% -
Dividend per Share 1 4.16 4.96 5.4 5.4 - 5.413 5.567 5.932
Change - 19.23% 8.87% 0% - - 2.83% 6.57%
Book Value Per Share 1 56.8 55.83 56.2 63.19 69.28 77.4 84.76 92.3
Change - -1.71% 0.68% 12.43% 9.63% 11.73% 9.51% 8.9%
EPS 1 12.11 13.88 8.02 11.57 12.75 12.15 13.56 14.83
Change - 14.62% -42.22% 44.26% 10.2% -4.7% 11.6% 9.34%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 243,345 243,345 225,742 226,240 224,387 224,572 224,572 224,572
Announcement Date 26/01/22 25/01/23 26/01/24 29/01/25 29/01/26 - - -
1USD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E ratio 24.9x 22.3x
PBR 3.91x 3.57x
EV / Sales 6.61x 6.25x
Yield 1.79% 1.84%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
23
Last Close Price
302.84USD
Average target price
314.21USD
Spread / Average Target
+3.75%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

  1. Stock Market
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  4. Financials Norfolk Southern Corporation