Norfolk Southern (NSC)’s Downgrade Was Ill-Advised, Days Jim Cramer

SelfRugger · 2026-03-25T16:38:02+00:00

Norfolk Southern's stock saw a significant rise despite a recent downgrade by Deutsche Bank, which Jim Cramer criticized as misguided. Cramer highlighted the company's earnings growth, suggesting a more positive outlook for investors.

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2026-03-25 16:38:02

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Norfolk Southern (NSC)’s Downgrade Was Ill-Advised, Days Jim Cramer

Ramish Cheema

Sun, February 15, 2026 at 2:44 AM GMT+9 2 min read

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We recently published 10 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar. Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) is one of the stocks that on Jim Cramer’s radar.

Railroad giant Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC)’s shares are up by 23.6% over the past year and by 10% year-to-date. The firm’s latest earnings results saw it report $3.22 in adjusted profit per share, which marked growth from the year-ago figures of $3.04. However, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC)’s revenue of $3 billion marked a 2% annual drop. Following the earnings report, Baird discussed the railroad firm’s shares. It reduced the share price target to $288 from $293 and kept a Neutral rating on the stock as part of a model update. Cramer regularly discussed the firm last year when Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) and Union Pacific announced that they were going to merge. More recently, Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy on the back of the planned merger. Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) had already warned that it could experience fluctuations in its topline due to the deal’s impact on the railroad industry. In this appearance, while Cramer did not mention Deutsche Bank, he did comment that a downgrade was unsuitable:

Norfolk Southern (NSC)'s Downgrade Was Ill-Advised, Days Jim Cramer

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“Oh my god, CSX, it’s interesting, someone downgraded Norfolk Southern, that person was ill-advised.”

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