Norfolk Southern Corp. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors

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Shares of Norfolk Southern Corp. /zigman2/quotes/200877725/composite NSC +0.07% slid 5.61% to $237.57 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -0.88% falling 4.04% to 3,923.68 and Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.82% falling 3.57% to 31,490.07. Norfolk Southern Corp. closed $61.63 below its 52-week high ($299.20), which the company reached on December 31st.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Union Pacific Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209717171/composite UNP +0.06% fell 3.10% to $224.99, Canadian National Railway Co. /zigman2/quotes/208205632/composite CNI -0.07% fell 2.14% to $112.70, and CSX Corp. /zigman2/quotes/208536759/composite CSX -0.21% fell 4.27% to $32.32. Trading volume (1.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.4 M.

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Norfolk Southern Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 227.29

+0.16 +0.07%

Volume: 1.09M

June 30, 2022 4:04p

P/E Ratio

18.37

Dividend Yield

2.05%

Market Cap

$54.13 billion

Rev. per Employee

$630,829

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S&P 500 Index

US : S&P US

3,785.38

-33.45 -0.88%

Volume: 2.68B

June 30, 2022 5:30p

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

US : Dow Jones Global

30,775.43

-253.88 -0.82%

Volume: 397.27M

June 30, 2022 5:30p

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Union Pacific Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 213.28

+0.13 +0.06%

Volume: 2.31M

June 30, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

20.25

Dividend Yield

2.44%

Market Cap

$133.86 billion

Rev. per Employee

$757,833

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Canadian National Railway Co.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 112.47

-0.08 -0.07%

Volume: 1.11M

June 30, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

20.65

Dividend Yield

2.03%

Market Cap

$77.94 billion

Rev. per Employee

$516,940

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CSX Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 29.06

-0.06 -0.21%

Volume: 16.75M

June 30, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

16.51

Dividend Yield

1.38%

Market Cap

$63.31 billion

Rev. per Employee

$627,847