Benzinga | Jul 29, 2020 08:03AM EDT

Norfolk Southern Q2 EPS $1.53 Beats $1.38 Estimate, Sales $2.08B Beat $2.07B Estimate

Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) reported quarterly earnings of $1.53 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.38 by 10.87 percent. This is a 43.33 percent decrease over earnings of $2.70 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.08 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.07 billion by 0.72 percent. This is a 28.72 percent decrease over sales of $2.92 billion the same period last year.