Norfolk Southern Corporation

Overview

Date Founded

2009

Headquarters

THREE COMMERCIAL PLACE, NORFOLK, VA, 235102108

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

10K - 1M

Industries

Railroads
Other Business & Consulting Services
Other Transportation

Company Description

Norfolk Southern Corp. is a transportation company, which owns a freight railroad. It engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the Southeast, East, and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States. The company transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. It offers the extensive intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States and is a transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial products. The company's services include property leases and sales; wire line or pipeline and fiber optics projects; access property; manage private crossings, promote business with signboards, and natural resource management. Norfolk Southern was founded on July 23, 1980 and is headquartered in Norfolk, VA.

Website

http://www.nscorp.com

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PR Newswire

November 24, 2020

Norfolk Southern to present at Credit Suisse Industrials Conference

Nasdaq

November 23, 2020

Norfolk Southern appoints Smith and Hatfield as vice presidents; Martínez to retire

Chicago Sun-Times

November 17, 2020

Worker injured in South Side rail yard alleges negligence, race played a role

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Executives & Employees

James A. Squires

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President

Mark R. George

Executive Vice President-Finance & Chief Financial Officer

Cindy M. Sanborn

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President

Alan Shaw

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Deborah H. Butler

Chief Information Officer & Executive Vice President-Planning

Josh Raglin

Chief Sustainability Officer

C. H. Allison, Jr.

Vice President & Controller-Finance Division

Howard McFadden

Senior General Attorney, Real Estate Department

Jeffrey S. Heller

Vice President-Intermodal & Automotive

Michael R. McClellan

Vice President Strategic Planning

Board of Directors

James A. Squires

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President at Norfolk Southern Corporation

Colm Kelleher

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director at B. Riley Financial, Inc.

Mitch Daniels

Former Governor of Indiana

Claude Mongeau

Former Director, President & Chief Executive Officer at Canadian National Railways

J. R. Thompson

Steven F. Leer

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Arch Coal, Inc at Arch Western Resources LLC

J. C. Huffard, Jr.

Co-Founder at Tenable Holdings, Inc.

C. T. Jones

Former Corporate Vice President & President at Northrop Grumman Corp.

Marcela Donadio

Trustee-Great Commission Foundation at Episcopal Diocese of Texas

Amy E. Miles

Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Regal Entertainment Group

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J. P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.

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Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Private Banking)

NSC-Private Banking is an active, conservative manager which focuses on long-term capital preservation. They tailor their investment approach to their clients' profile, typically investing in equity and bond funds globally, with a preference for the US market.

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Lazard Asset Management LLC

Lazard Asset Management is known for its global perspective on investing and years of experience with global, regional and domestic portfolios. With more than 280 investment personnel worldwide, we offer investors of all types an array of equity, fixed income, and alternative investment solutions from our network of local offices in ten different countries. Our team-based approach to portfolio management helps us to deliver robust and consistent performance over time, and strong client relationships allow us to understand how to employ our capabilities to our clients' advantage. With over $146.0 billion in assets under management, we have offices located throughout the world in Bahrain, Boston, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Milan, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zurich. Lazard Asset Management’s business is a diversified, global investment platform that focuses on managing assets for our clients. As a result, throughout all market environments, we maintain a disciplined approach to investing with a research-driven investment process focusing on financial productivity and valuation. We believe there are substantial opportunities for value driven investors and continue to seek out and invest in companies with healthy balance sheets and sustainability of returns

Recent Transactions

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Norfolk Southern Corporation, Central Freight Lines, Inc. purchase Volunteer Express, Inc.

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Norfolk Southern Corporation, Central Freight Lines, Inc. purchase Wilson Trucking Corp.

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Norfolk Southern Corporation purchases Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., Inc. /PA-NY Rail Line Ops from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

Insider Transactions

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Ann A. Adams

Advisors & Consultants

Legal Advisor

Allan B. Moore

Partner at Covington & Burling LLP

Legal Advisor

Rossie Emmitt Turman III

Chair, International Finance Practice at Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Legal Advisor

Reeves C. Westbrook

Co-Chair, Tax Practice Group at Covington & Burling LLP

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Key Stats and Financials As of 2020

Market Capitalization

$61.9B

Total Enterprise Value

$73.5B

Earnings Per Share

$7.84

Revenue

$9.79B

Net Profit

$2.01B

EBITDA

$4.55B

Enterprise Value / Sales

7.51x

Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating

16.06x

TEVNet Income

36.57x

Debt TEV

0.19x

EBITDAMargin

46.49%

Total Equity

$14.8B

Total Debt

$13.6B

Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

-2.47%

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

$1,000 +

2018

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

$25K - $50K

2018

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation

$25K +

2018

Community Foundation of Western Virginia, Inc

Political Donations

$500

2014

R. M. Channell

$500

2014

Alan T. Powell

$300

2014

R. Dale Rutledge

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Christopher Samuel Tugendhat

Managing Director at Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd.

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Competitors

CSX Corp. Railroads - Jacksonville, Florida

CSX Corp. engages in the provision of rail-based freight transportation services. Its services include rail service, the transport of intermodal containers and trailers, rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. The company was founded in 1827 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Awards & Honors

Rank #270

2016

Fortune Magazine - Fortune 1000 Companies