Norfolk Southern Corp Earnings Preview For Tuesday (NSC)
Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE:NSC) will be releasing last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on April 24, 2012. We can review how Norfolk Southern Corp has executed for investors recently.
Who They Are:
Norfolk Southern Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods primarily in the United States. The company was founded in 1883 and is based in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk Southern Corp trades an average of 3.2 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $24 Billion.
Book Value: $30.00
Float Short: 1.87%
What To Expect:
On average, 20 Analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.29 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $1.42. Wall Street is expecting $1.13 per share based on earnings estimates.
Analyst estimates range between $1.05 and $1.24 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Norfolk Southern Corp. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 13.1. The forward P/E ratio is 11.94.
The stock has moved higher in price 3.14% in the last month, and 3.21% from one year ago.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -14.31%.
Revenue year-over-year has decreased to $11.17 billion for 2011 vs. $9.52 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $1.92 billion for 2011 vs. $1.50 billion for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $3.21 billion for 2011 vs. $2.68 billion for 2010. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
The short interest is relatively low at 1.87%.
Here are the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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