Bernstein Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Norfolk Southern (NSC)

In a report released today, David Vernon from Bernstein maintained a Buy rating on Norfolk Southern, with a price target of $322.00.

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According to TipRanks, Vernon is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 12.5% and a 66.67% success rate. Vernon covers the Industrials sector, focusing on stocks such as United Airlines Holdings, FedEx, and Union Pacific.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Norfolk Southern with a $309.25 average price target.

Based on Norfolk Southern’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $2.97 billion and a net profit of $644 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $3.02 billion and had a net profit of $733 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 20 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of NSC in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in December 2025, William Jr. Clyburn, a Director at NSC bought 204.00 shares for a total of $60,137.16.