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

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Company snapshot — Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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
Closelook has not set a peer group for this name; the market usually compares it with the other large US freight railroad, CSX.
Why Closelook tracks it
Norfolk Southern is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelook 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 Closelook’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.

Signals for this name

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

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

Peer group

Railroads

This name carries no Closelook 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 Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.69%, 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 1.69% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • 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.

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 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)?

Norfolk Southern Corporation trades as NSC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NSC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Norfolk Southern Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does NSC trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.9% vs the 50-day and +3.1% vs the 200-day average, 11.1% below the 52-week high and +16.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

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. Closelook 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 Closelook 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 1.69% on the 2026-09-17 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 does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Railroads, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook 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.