Norfolk Southern (Norfolk Southern) Days Inventory : 12.29 (As of Mar. 2024)

Norfolk Southern Days Inventory Chart

Norfolk Southern Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Days Inventory		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					11.94	14.09	12.52	11.45	12.22

Norfolk Southern Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Days Inventory	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															12.28	13.02	13.52	12.96	12.29

Competitive Comparison of Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory

For the Railroads subindustry, Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Inventory data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory falls into.

Norfolk Southern Days Inventory Calculation

Days Inventory indicates the number of days of goods in sales that a company has in the inventory.

Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Norfolk Southern's Days Inventory for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Norfolk Southern  (NYSE:NSC) Days Inventory Explanation

Days Inventory indicates the liquidity of the inventory. Generally, a lower Days Inventory is preferred as it indicates a shorter duration to clear off the inventory. An increase of the ratio may indicate the company's sales slowed. Similar ratios related to Days Inventory are:

1. Inventory Turnover measures how fast the company turns over its inventory within a year.

Norfolk Southern's Inventory Turnover for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

2. Inventory-to-Revenue determines the ability of a company to manage their inventory levels. It measures the percentage of Inventories the company currently has on hand to support the current amount of Revenue.

Norfolk Southern's Inventory to Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Be Aware

A lot of business are seasonable. It makes more sense to compare Days Inventory from the same period in the previous year instead of from the previous quarter.

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