Ratings Norfolk Southern Corporation

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NSC

US6558441084

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Summary

  • From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental situation

Strengths

  • Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
  • The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
  • The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
  • Predictions on business development from analysts polled by Standard & Poor's are tight. This results from either a good visibility into core activities or accurate earnings releases.
  • The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

  • With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
  • The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
  • The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
  • In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
  • The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
  • For the last four months, earnings estimated by analysts have been revised downwards with respect to the next two years.

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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