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Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Norfolk Southern's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-128.10.
The historical rank and industry rank for Norfolk Southern's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:
The historical data trend for Norfolk Southern's Net Cash 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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-85.92 | -87.49 | -99.99 | -112.66 | -120.98 |
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-113.73 | -114.82 | -117.71 | -120.98 | -128.10 |
For the Railroads subindustry, Norfolk Southern's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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.
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Norfolk Southern's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Norfolk Southern's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.
In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.
Norfolk Southern's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
Net Cash per Share (A: Dec. 2023 ) | |||||||
= | (Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | - | Total Liabilities | - | Minority Interest) | / | Shares Outstanding (EOP) |
= | (1568 | - | 28871 | - | 0) | / | 225.681 |
= | -120.98 |
Norfolk Southern's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as
Net Cash per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 ) | = | (Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | - | Total Liabilities | - | Minority Interest) | / | Shares Outstanding (EOP) |
= | (652 | - | 29592 | - | 0) | / | 225.914 |
= | -128.10 |
* 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) Net Cash per Share Explanation
Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.
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