Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) Dividend Summary

Norfolk Southern Corp., a Virginia-based holding company, owns two major freight railroads, Norfolk Southern Railway Company and Norfolk Western Railway Company, which operates in numerous states, the District of Columbia and the Province of Ontario. (Company Press Release)

Last update 10/27/2010

Dividend Yield Summary

	2009	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Dividends	$1.36	$1.28	$0	$0	$0	$0
Price	$48.4	$57.14	$0	$0	$0	$0
Yield	2.81 %	2.24 %	0 %	0 %	0 %	0 %

Earnings Information

Next Report Date	10/20/2009
Estimated EPS (year)	$2.82
Estimated EPS (quarter)	$0.79
Estimated EPS Growth	13.50%
Payout Ratio	0.37%
Payout change vs. 5 year average	0.12%

Dividend/Split History

Date	Amount Per Share/Split Ratio	Type
2010-09-10	$0.36000	Dividend
2010-06-10	$0.34000	Dividend
2010-03-10	$0.34000	Dividend
2009-12-10	$0.34000	Dividend
2009-09-10	$0.34000	Dividend
2008-09-10	$0.32000	Dividend
2008-01-30	$0.29000	Dividend
2007-10-31	$0.26000	Dividend
2007-08-01	$0.26000	Dividend
2007-05-02	$0.22000	Dividend
2007-01-31	$0.22000	Dividend

Company Profile

NORFOLK SOUTHRN
Three Commercial Place
Norfolk, VA 23510-2191, USA
Phone: 757-629-2680
Fax: 757-629-2361
Web: www.nscorp.com
Email: leanne.marilley@nscorp.com

Key Information

Sector:	Transportation
Industry:	TRANSPORTATION
Analysts	18
Fiscal Year End:	December
Next Reported Fiscal Year:	2008
Last Reported Quarter:	6/30/2009

Management

Chmn.; Presi.; C.E.O.; Dir.	Charles W. Moorman
Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.	James A. Squires
V.P.; Contrl.	Marta R. Stewart
Dir.	Gene R. Carter
Dir.	Gerald L. Baliles

Competitors

SIC Code: 4011

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CP	CDN PAC RLWY
KSU	KANSAS CITY SOU
GSH	GUANGSHEN-ADR

Norfolk Southern Corp NSC (NYSE) Financial Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate	17.18
Trailing 12 Months	13.04
PEG Ratio	1.27

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-44.07%
vs. Previous Quarter	40.43%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-32.84%
vs. Previous Quarter	-4.43%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	1.80
Price/Cash Flow	7.06
Price/Sales	1.93

ROE
06/30/2009	14.24
03/30/2009	16.28
12/30/2008	17.50

ROA
06/30/2009	5.26
03/30/2009	6.05
12/30/2008	6.51

Current Ratio
06/30/2009	1.11
03/30/2009	1.09
12/30/2008	0.95

Quick Ratio
06/30/2009	1.01
03/30/2009	0.99
12/30/2008	0.86

Operating Margin
06/30/2009	15.18
03/30/2009	15.85
12/30/2008	16.17

Net Margin
06/30/2009	15.18
03/30/2009	15.85
12/30/2008	16.10

Pre-Tax Margin
06/30/2009	24.09
03/30/2009	25.31
12/30/2008	25.80

Book Value
06/30/2009	26.86
03/30/2009	25.05
12/30/2008	25.94

Inventory Turnover
06/30/2009	10.80
03/30/2009	13.69
12/30/2008	16.17

Debt-to-Equity
06/30/2009	0.68
03/30/2009	0.67
12/30/2008	0.64

Debt-to-Capital
06/30/2009	40.42
03/30/2009	39.98
12/30/2008	39.16

Quick Quote

Updated as of 10:59am

Last Trade:	66.43
Trade Time:	10:59am
Change:	+0.22
Open:	66.49
High:	66.72
Low:	65.92
Volume:	739,300

Security Details

Exchange	NYSE
CUSIP
Split Date	-
Split Factor	3
Shares outstanding	367.64
Beta	1.16

Detailed Quote as of 09/11/2009

Price	$48.39
52 Week High	$70.36
52 Week Low	$26.95
Price Change (4 weeks)	$3.29
Price Change (12 weeks)	$26.15
Price Change (YTD)	$2.85
Price Change (4 weeks) vs. S&P	$0.53
Price Change (12 weeks) vs. S&P	$11.18
Price Change (YTD) vs. S&P	$-9.41
Average Daily Volume (20 Days)	3,070,790
Market Capitalization	$17,790.00

Price History

Earning Announcement

Last Confirmation Date	2010-08-12
Next Earnings Announcement Date	2010-10-27
Earnings Quarter	Q3
Announcement Status	Unconfirmed

Investor Conference Call

Date	2010-07-27
Time	16:30:00
URL	Conference Call Information

Last Dividend Payout

Announcement Date	2010-07-27
Record Date	2010-08-06
Pay Date	2010-09-10
Amount Per Share	$0.36

Board Shareholder Meeting

First Quarter	2010-04-27
Second Quarter	2010-07-27
Third Quarter	2009-10-27
Fourth Quarter	2010-01-27