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Norfolk Southern (WBO:NSCO) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : €56.18 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Norfolk Southern Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Norfolk Southern's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €51.051. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €56.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Norfolk Southern's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 8.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 8.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 7.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Norfolk Southern was 9.40% per year. The lowest was 3.50% per year. And the median was 5.80% per year.

As of today (2024-05-03), Norfolk Southern's current stock price is €216.00. Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €56.18. Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 3.84.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Norfolk Southern was 6.01. The lowest was 2.11. And the median was 3.74.


Norfolk Southern Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

* 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.

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Norfolk Southern Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Norfolk Southern Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Norfolk Southern Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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Competitive Comparison of Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Railroads subindustry, Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Norfolk Southern Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Norfolk Southern's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=51.051/129.4194*129.4194
=51.051

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Norfolk Southern Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 28.718 100.560 36.960
201409 31.194 100.428 40.199
201412 32.646 99.070 42.647
201503 36.851 99.621 47.874
201506 35.704 100.684 45.894
201509 36.196 100.392 46.662
201512 37.571 99.792 48.725
201603 37.115 100.470 47.809
201606 37.210 101.688 47.358
201609 37.832 101.861 48.067
201612 40.506 101.863 51.464
201703 40.419 102.862 50.854
201706 39.104 103.349 48.968
201709 37.316 104.136 46.376
201712 48.647 104.011 60.531
201803 47.126 105.290 57.926
201806 50.618 106.317 61.617
201809 48.711 106.507 59.190
201812 50.367 105.998 61.496
201903 51.014 107.251 61.559
201906 51.442 108.070 61.605
201909 53.063 108.329 63.394
201912 52.987 108.420 63.250
202003 52.581 108.902 62.488
202006 51.729 108.767 61.551
202009 49.944 109.815 58.860
202012 48.229 109.897 56.797
202103 49.153 111.754 56.923
202106 48.115 114.631 54.322
202109 48.507 115.734 54.243
202112 50.267 117.630 55.305
202203 51.284 121.301 54.716
202206 52.980 125.017 54.846
202209 56.818 125.227 58.720
202212 52.702 125.222 54.469
202303 52.218 127.348 53.067
202306 51.392 128.729 51.668
202309 52.271 129.860 52.094
202312 51.932 129.419 51.932
202403 51.051 129.419 51.051

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Norfolk Southern  (WBO:NSCO) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Norfolk Southern's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=216.00/56.18
=3.84

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Norfolk Southern was 6.01. The lowest was 2.11. And the median was 3.74.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Norfolk Southern (WBO:NSCO) Business Description

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650 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30308
Class-I railroad Norfolk Southern operates in the Eastern United States. On more than 20,000 miles of track, the firm hauls shipments of coal, intermodal traffic, and a diverse mix of automobile, agriculture, metal, chemical, and forest products.

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