NORFOLK SOUTHN CORP NSC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 655844108 · ISIN US6558441084
Holding company formed in 1982 for Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryRailroads, Line-Haul Operating
- HeadquartersAtlanta, GA
- Founded1980
- Websitenorfolksouthern.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($185.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 227.6m as of 2023-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $211.75. Options: 31 managers hold calls ($275.0m notional), 39 hold puts ($292.2m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,500 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,588 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,500 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 577 | 632 |
| Q1 2023 | 505 | 830 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $394.2m | $276.1m | 0.70 |
| Q4 2022 | $480.5m | $288.0m | 0.60 |
| Q1 2023 | $275.0m | $292.2m | 1.06 |
Biggest buyers
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.4m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +863.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +824.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +775.1k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | +726.6k |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +620.4k |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP | New | +530.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +522.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +464.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +454.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -2.0m |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. | Reduced | -1.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -936.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -830.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -797.3k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -588.0k |
| Capital World Investors | Reduced | -540.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -453.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -432.9k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Reduced | -377.2k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $69.7m329.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $64.3m303.2k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $20.7m97.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $17.5m82.5k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $14.1m66.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $12.5m59.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $11.2m52.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $10.4m50.0k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $9.3m43.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $8.1m38.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $68.4m322.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $62.2m293.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $22.1m104.1k shares |
| QVT Financial LP | New | $21.2m100.0k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $11.0m51.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $10.9m51.3k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $9.7m45.9k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $8.4m39.4k shares |
| Capula Management Ltd | Reduced | $7.4m35.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $6.4m30.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.7m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $17.4m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $7.1m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $26.7m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $5.7m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $448.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-01 | Shaw Alan H. President & CEO, director | Sold | $448.3k2.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 18.5m $3.9bn | Reduced -53.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 15.4m $3.3bn | Reduced -339.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.30% of their portfolio | 10.7m $2.3bn | Reduced -830.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 9.2m $2.0bn | Reduced -936.3k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 2.36% of their portfolio | 8.5m $1.8bn | Added +1.4m |
| Capital International Investors 0.31% of their portfolio | 5.7m $1.2bn | Reduced -2.0m |
| Capital World Investors 0.25% of their portfolio | 5.6m $1.2bn | Reduced -540.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 4.1m $869.6m | Added +13.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.27% of their portfolio | 4.1m $860.7m | Reduced -44.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 3.2m $679.4m | Reduced -147.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.7m $576.0m | Reduced -316.9k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.6m $541.6m | Reduced -170.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.4m $509.2m | Reduced -144.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.3m $482.9m | Added +98.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.2m $473.7m | Reduced -53.0k |
| FIL Ltd 0.52% of their portfolio | 2.1m $448.9m | Added +620.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.1m $436.0m | Added +19.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.22% of their portfolio | 2.0m $429.6m | Reduced -12.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.0m $426.2m | Reduced -797.3k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.7m $351.9m | Added +824.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.6m $331.0m | Added +95.5k |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 1.74% of their portfolio | 1.4m $302.0m | Reduced -30.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.2m $260.9m | Reduced -1.6k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 1.2m $246.4m | Added +38.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.1m $238.4m | Added +775.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $222.9m | Reduced -453.7k |
| Magellan Asset Management Ltd 1.87% of their portfolio | 1.0m $219.5m | Added +86.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.30% of their portfolio | 1.0m $215.1m | Reduced -14.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.67% of their portfolio | 967.6k $205.1m | Added +863.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.13% of their portfolio | 918.8k $194.8m | Reduced -35.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 848.0k $179.8m | Reduced -366.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 831.5k $176.3m | Added +464.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 827.8k $175.5m | Reduced -9.6k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 808.7k $171.4m | Added +14.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.43% of their portfolio | 778.2k $165.0m | Added +228.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 777.6k $164.9m | Reduced -588.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 771.8k $163.6m | Added +21.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.09% of their portfolio | 762.6k $161.7m | Reduced -432.9k |
| Amundi 0.08% of their portfolio | 735.1k $149.3m | Reduced -196.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 728.3k $154.4m | Added +86.7k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.55% of their portfolio | 726.6k $154.0m | New |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.19% of their portfolio | 698.2k $148.0m | Added +214.3k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 674.3k $143.0m | Added +3.7k |
| ATLAS Infrastructure Partners (UK) Ltd. 14.42% of their portfolio | 604.1k $128.1m | Added +129.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.06% of their portfolio | 593.4k $125.8m | Reduced -131.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 587.8k $124.6m | Added +454.0k |
| CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 3.02% of their portfolio | 587.7k $124.6m | Unchanged |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.17% of their portfolio | 560.9k $117.7m | Reduced -214.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.28% of their portfolio | 535.8k $113.6m | Added +522.1k |
| Anomaly Capital Management, LP 4.95% of their portfolio | 530.8k $112.5m | New |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.26% of their portfolio | 517.3k $109.7m | Added +90.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 512.8k $108.7m | Added +89.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.13% of their portfolio | 490.5k $104.0m | Added +24.5k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.51% of their portfolio | 468.3k $99.3m | Reduced -2.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 461.9k $97.9m | Added +216.8k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 446.0k $94.5m | Reduced -33.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.08% of their portfolio | 441.3k $93.6m | Reduced -81.0k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 437.3k $92.7m | Added +388.3k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 427.8k $90.7m | Added +2.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.19% of their portfolio | 426.1k $90.3m | Added +110.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 416.0k $88.2m | Added +148.6k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 408.2k $86.3m | Reduced -3.1k |
| National Pension Service 0.15% of their portfolio | 400.9k $83.7m | Added +15.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.11% of their portfolio | 392.2k $83.1m | Reduced -26.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 390.5k $82.8m | Reduced -9.2k |
| WILBANKS SMITH & THOMAS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 2.54% of their portfolio | 345.7k $73.3m | Reduced -37.5k |
| Swedbank AB 0.14% of their portfolio | 343.2k $72.8m | Reduced -173.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.06% of their portfolio | 319.4k $67.7m | Reduced -16.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 309.6k $65.6m | Reduced -118.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.37% of their portfolio | 304.8k $64.6m | New |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.16% of their portfolio | 301.8k $64.0m | Reduced -33.7k |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.14% of their portfolio | 301.8k $64.0m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.24% of their portfolio | 284.8k $60.4m | Added +266.6k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 270.5k $57.4m | Added +261.0k |
| CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO 1.12% of their portfolio | 264.4k $56.1m | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 262.8k $55.7m | Added +1.6k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.13% of their portfolio | 258.8k $54.9m | Reduced -10.4k |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 1.05% of their portfolio | 255.7k $54.2m | Added +60 |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.33% of their portfolio | 255.5k $54.2m | Added +27.9k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 245.5k $52.0m | Reduced -36.4k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 0.64% of their portfolio | 244.7k $51.9m | Added +9.9k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 1.04% of their portfolio | 243.1k $51.5m | New |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 242.6k $51.4m | Reduced -4.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 238.6k $50.6m | Reduced -8.0k |
| Candlestick Capital Management LP 1.68% of their portfolio | 235.0k $49.8m | New |
| Markel Group Inc. 0.62% of their portfolio | 229.5k $48.7m | Unchanged |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 228.3k $48.4m | Reduced -13.2k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.11% of their portfolio | 228.1k $48.4m | Reduced -7.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 228.0k $48.3m | Added +226.2k |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.59% of their portfolio | 227.8k $48.2m | Reduced -144.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.12% of their portfolio | 226.7k $48.1m | Added +90.4k |
| STRS OHIO 0.07% of their portfolio | 225.9k $47.9m | Added +150.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.09% of their portfolio | 225.9k $47.8m | Added +4.6k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 225.4k $47.8m | Reduced -3.6k |
| REAVES W H & CO INC 1.72% of their portfolio | 225.1k $47.7m | Added +40.0k |
| Zimmer Partners, LP 0.95% of their portfolio | 218.2k $46.3m | New |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 217.1k $46.0m | Added +67.4k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.08% of their portfolio | 216.2k $45.8m | Reduced -6.4k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 202.6k $45.1m | Added +642 |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.18% of their portfolio | 191.9k $40.7m | Reduced -6.8k |