Union Pacific is set to acquire Norfolk Southern through a combination of stock and cash, giving the latter an enterprise value of roughly $85 billion.
Norfolk Southern Corp (NYSE:NSC) reported financial results for the second quarter ahead of the market open on Tuesday. Here's a look at the key metrics from the quarter.
Freight transportation company Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025 as sales rose 2.2% year on year to $3.11 billion. Its GAAP profit of $3.41 per share was 3.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Norfolk Southern's Q2 2025 earnings show mixed results with revenue at $3.11B, slightly below estimates. EPS missed at $3.29, but net income grew 4%. Merger talks with Union Pacific fuel market speculation.
Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE: UNP) is showing strong growth in operations and finances, supported by productivity gains and a earnings beat. Analysts raise price forecast and see potential for merger with Norfolk Southern.
Union Pacific beat earnings expectations in Q2 2025, with net income of $1.9B and revenue of $6.15B, driven by volume growth, pricing gains, and productivity.
A potential railroad merger has sparked retail interest in railroad stocks following The Wall Street Journal's report that Union Pacific is considering acquiring Norfolk Southern.
Shares of freight transportation company Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC)
jumped 8.2% in the pre-market session after the company announced a quarterly dividend of $1.35 per share on its common stock.
Before the opening bell on Tuesday, let's take a glimpse of the US markets and explore the S&P500 top gainers and losers in today's pre-market session.
Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. But they are at the whim of volatile macroeconomic factors that sway capital spending, like interest rates.
Wariness surrounding these influences has caused the industry to underperform the market as it was flat over the past six months while the S&P 500 climbed by 4.1%.
