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Norfolk Southern CEO optimistic about 2025 after solid fourth quarter

Norfolk Southern's CEO is optimistic about 2025 after a solid fourth quarter and positive customer feedback.
The railroad forecasts a 3% revenue growth in 2025, with an additional $150 million in productivity savings.
Results exceeded Wall Street expectations, even after excluding one-time insurance payments from the East Palestine derailment.
CEO Mark George noted positive feedback from federal regulators and Congress members, emphasizing the railroad's role in the economy.

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Tariffs are an uncertainty but not a worry, railroad operator Norfolk Southern says

Norfolk Southern shares bounced Wednesday, as the railroad operator helped dispel fears about potential tariffs that had caused a selloff in the previous session.

1 month ago·United States

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The Motley Fool

Norfolk Southern Tops EPS Forecast @themotleyfool #stocks $NSC $CSX

Norfolk Southern reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, beating expectations on key metrics including EPS and operating ratio.

1 month ago·Alexandria, United States

Norfolk Southern beats profit estimates helped by cost cuts, insurance recovery

(Reuters) – U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by cost cuts implemented to improve margins and better-than-expected insurance recoveries related to a costly derailment. Shares of the company were up 4% in early morning trading. Norfolk had taken a hit of about $1.4 billion in last two years due to a derailment in Eastern Ohio in 2023 that released over 1 million ga…

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trains.com

Norfolk Southern touts its operational, service, and financial improvements

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train rolls through Goshen, Ind., in March 2018. David Lassen ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern is back. That was the message CEO Mark George and the railroad’s executive team delivered on the fourth-quarter earnings call today (Jan. 29, 2025), where they emphasized how operational improvements helped NS meet or exceed the financial targets it set amid last year’s nasty proxy battle with activist investor Ancora Holdings. …

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Norfolk Southern CEO optimistic about 2025 after solid fourth quarter

Norfolk Southern's solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they're getting from Washington D.C. — has the CEO feeling optimistic about 2025.The railroad, based in Atlanta, earned $733 million, or $3.23 per share, in the fourth quarter. That's up from $527 million, or $2.32 per share, the prior year, helped by a couple of one-time items whereas the same quarter last year was weigh…

1 month ago·Miami, United States

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Wilmington News Journal

Norfolk Southern CEO optimistic about 2025 after solid fourth quarter - Wilmington News Journal

By Josh Funk AP Business Writer Norfolk Southern’s solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D.C. — has the CEO feeling optimistic about 2025. The railroad, based in Atlanta, earned $733 million, or $3.23 per share, in the fourth quarter. That’s up from $527 million, or $2.32 per share, the prior year, helped by a couple of one-time items whereas the…

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