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Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)At 4:02PM EST: 72.76  Up 0.48 (0.66%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:24.46B
Enterprise Value (Dec 24, 2011)3:30.87B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.21
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:12.17
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.91
Price/Sales (ttm):2.26
Price/Book (mrq):2.37
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:2.87
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.88
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):17.07%
Operating Margin (ttm):28.47%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.80%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.47%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):10.77B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):30.55
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):17.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):6.20B
EBITDA (ttm)6:3.92B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):1.83B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.12
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):24.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):394.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.17
Total Debt (mrq):6.97B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):67.97
Current Ratio (mrq):0.94
Book Value Per Share (mrq):30.51
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.35B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):680.88M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.29
52-Week Change3:15.90%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.62%
52-Week High (Jul 27, 2011)3:78.40
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:57.57
50-Day Moving Average3:72.91
200-Day Moving Average3:70.37
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:2,768,640
Avg Vol (10 day)3:2,857,120
Shares Outstanding5:336.11M
Float:335.12M
% Held by Insiders1:0.34%
% Held by Institutions1:67.10%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:5.46M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:2.00
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:1.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.64M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.72
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.20%
Payout Ratio4:31.00%
Dividend Date3:Dec 9, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 2, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:1
Last Split Date3:Oct 10, 1997

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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