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Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

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    SWOT Analysis

  • 44 Pages
  • May 2024
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 1315595
Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by the analyst to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

  • Business description - A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
  • Corporate strategy - Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
  • SWOT Analysis - A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
  • Company history - Progression of key events associated with the company.
  • Major products and services - A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
  • Key competitors - A list of key competitors to the company.
  • Key employees - A list of the key executives of the company.
  • Executive biographies - A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
  • Key operational heads - A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
  • Important locations and subsidiaries - A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
  • Detailed financial ratios for the past five years - The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
  • Interim ratios for the last five interim periods - The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Norfolk Southern Corp (Norfolk Southern) is a provider of rail transport services. The company's primary activities involve the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. The company offers freight services for coal, chemicals, agriculture, consumer products, metals, construction materials, automotive, paper, clay, and forest products. Its services cater to a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, electric generation, mining, and distribution. Norfolk Southern provides supply management solutions through its transload network. It manages overseas freight transport services through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The company also provides intermodal shipments through trailers, domestic and international containers. It operates a railway network across the Southeast, Midwest, and East regions in the US. Norfolk Southern is headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, the US.

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  • The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.
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  • Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.
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Table of Contents

Section 1 - About the Company
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Key Facts
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Key Employees
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Key Employee Biographies
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Major Products and Services
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - History
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Company Statement
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Locations And Subsidiaries
  • Head Office
  • Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 - Company Analysis
  • Company Overview
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Business Description
  • Other Break-up: Agriculture, Forest and Consumer Products
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Other Break-up: Automotive
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Other Break-up: Chemicals
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Other Break-up: Coal
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Other Break-up: Intermodal
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Other Break-up: Metals and Construction
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Corporate Strategy
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - SWOT Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis - Overview
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Strengths
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Weaknesses
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Opportunities
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Threats
  • Norfolk Southern Corp - Key Competitors
Section 3 - Company Financial Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
  • Performance Chart
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 - Appendix
  • Methodology
  • Ratio Definitions
  • About the Analyst
  • Contact the Publisher
  • Disclaimer
List of Tables
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Key Facts
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Key Employees
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Key Employee Biographies
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Major Products and Services
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, History
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Subsidiaries
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Key Competitors
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Ratios based on current share price
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Annual Ratios
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Interim Ratios
  • Currency Codes
  • Capital Market Ratios
  • Equity Ratios
  • Profitability Ratios
  • Cost Ratios
  • Liquidity Ratios
  • Leverage Ratios
  • Efficiency Ratios
List of Figures
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Performance Chart (2019 - 2023)
  • Norfolk Southern Corp, Ratio Charts

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Union Pacific Corp
  • Genesee & Wyoming Inc
  • Florida East Coast
  • BNSF Railway Co
  • Canadian National Railway Co
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
  • J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc
  • The Kansas City Southern Railway Co
  • Pioneer Railcorp
  • CSX Corp
  • Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd