NSCStockNorfolk Southern Corp.
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Whether this company clears the published standards, and the filings behind that answer. The screen runs first and nothing on the trading side can override it.
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Trade setup
Whether the technical picture shows an edge right now. Separate from the Sharia verdict, which this side never overrides.
Trade plan
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Why this signal?
The factors behind the read, each shown with the figure it rests on, including the ones pointing the other way.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) is currently considered halal (Sharia-compliant), per our secondary compliance provider (last assessed 2026-07-31). See the full ratio breakdown and business-activity screen below for the reasoning.
This sits among 658 compliant Industrials stocks we track. See compliant Industrials stocks →
🕌 In-house Compliance Research
Computed from published company financials, balance sheet as of 2026-06-30. NSC files no SEC reports, so these ratios come from the issuer's own published statements rather than XBRL.
Business activity: cleared (no excluded categories detected)
AAOIFI Pass 3 of 3 ratios pass
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 22.56% | 30.00% | Pass |
| Interest-bearing investments | 1.45% | 30.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
Usmani Fail 3 of 4 ratios pass
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 36.82% | 33.00% | Fail |
| Interest-bearing investments | 2.37% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Non-liquid assets | 95.02% | at least 20.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
MSCI Fail 3 of 4 ratios pass
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 36.82% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 2.37% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Accounts receivable | 4.98% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
FTSE Fail 3 of 4 ratios pass
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 36.82% | 33.33% | Fail |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 2.37% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Accounts receivable | 4.98% | 50.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
Dow Jones Islamic Market Pass 4 of 4 ratios pass
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (24-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 27.52% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 1.77% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Accounts receivable | 1.95% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
S&P Shariah Pass 4 of 4 ratios pass
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 29.39% | 33.00% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 1.89% | 49.00% | Pass |
| Accounts receivable | 2.08% | 49.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
MSCI M-Series Pass 4 of 4 ratios pass
Scored against a trailing-average market cap (36-month), share-weighted by the issuer's own reported share counts — not today's market cap.
| Ratio | Value | Threshold | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest-bearing debt | 29.39% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Cash + interest-bearing securities | 1.89% | 33.33% | Pass |
| Accounts receivable | 3.97% | 49.00% | Pass |
| Non-permissible income | 0.11% | 5.00% | Pass |
Research only, not investment advice. Thresholds are each standard-setter's published limits; a ratio marked “at least” is a floor, not a ceiling.
How close is it to flipping?
Every current reading against its own line, closest first. A verdict is only as durable as that distance.
The numbers the ratios are built from
Read from NSC's own filings. Every percentage on this page is one of these lines divided by another, so the inputs are shown rather than asserted.
| Line | Figure | As reported | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueTotal revenue for the period | $12.2B | 2025-12-31 | RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax |
| Interest-bearing debtShort and long-term borrowings | $16.6B | 2026-06-30 | LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations, LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent |
| Cash and interest-bearing securitiesCash, equivalents and marketable securities | $1.1B | 2026-06-30 | CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents |
| Total assetsBalance sheet total | $45.1B | 2026-06-30 | Assets |
| Market capDenominator for AAOIFI | $73.7B | live quote | price x shares |
| 36-month average market capDenominator for S&P Shariah and MSCI M-Series | $57.3B | 756 trading days | closes x shares |
| 24-month average market capDenominator for Dow Jones Islamic Market | $61.4B | 504 trading days | closes x shares |
| Non-permissible revenueInterest and excluded income | $13.0M | 2025-12-31 | InvestmentIncomeInterest |
Two dates, not one: a balance-sheet line and an income-statement line cover different windows by design, so each figure carries its own.
What changed, and when
Verdict history for NSC. A verdict that never moved is recorded too, so a quiet history reads as measured rather than missing.
- 2026-09-07 No change recorded No verdict change for NSC has been recorded since tracking began. The scan ledger records that the compliance detectors ran, not which symbols each pass covered.
ℹ️ no compliance scan has run for 4 days - this is not a reading of today
| Investor | Firm | Position | Weight | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge & Cox | Dodge & Cox | $789M | 0.4% | 2026-06-30 |
| Ken Fisher | Fisher Asset Management | $378M | 0.1% | 2026-06-30 |
| Daniel Loeb | Third Point | $189M | 4.0% | 2026-06-30 |
| Azzad Asset Management | Azzad Asset Management | $1M | 0.1% | 2026-06-30 |
| Saturna Capital | Amana Mutual Funds Trust | $1M | 0.0% | 2026-06-30 |
From the most recent 13F on file. A 13F reports long US equity positions quarterly and in arrears — it is what a manager held on the report date, not what they hold today.
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Price Forecast
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Technical Summary
Standard indicator thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20, MACD histogram sign, price vs. average) computed on daily bars. A summary of what common indicators say — not a recommendation, and not this site's own trading verdict.
Every indicator, and what it reads
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 65.80 | NEUTRAL |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 80.50 | SELL |
| CCI (20) | 145.96 | SELL |
| Williams %R (14) | -19.50 | SELL |
| MACD (12,26,9) | 2.15 | BUY |
| ROC (10) | 4.46 | BUY |
| Momentum (10) | 14.58 | BUY |
| EMA (10) | 334.96 | BUY |
| SMA (10) | 334.09 | BUY |
| EMA (20) | 329.88 | BUY |
| SMA (20) | 326.87 | BUY |
| EMA (30) | 327.88 | BUY |
| SMA (30) | 322.15 | BUY |
| EMA (50) | 326.66 | BUY |
| SMA (50) | 326.34 | BUY |
| EMA (100) | 323.43 | BUY |
| SMA (100) | 326.35 | BUY |
| EMA (200) | 312.36 | BUY |
| SMA (200) | 313.65 | BUY |
About Norfolk Southern Corp.
Industrials · Railroads
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals, including sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Background via Yahoo Finance — informational, not part of the verdict.
Latest Signal — 2026-08-26
Stop 348.79 Now 341.37 Target 367.52
⚪ NEUTRAL — No Edge
Signals are mixed with no clear edge in either direction. Stand aside and wait for one more confluence factor.
Scores: 1 bullish / 1 bearish
Weak — low conviction, small size or skip
SMC — Top Down
Market structure by timeframe, read from real bars. A bias per timeframe rather than a forecast — timeframes disagreeing is information, not noise.
| Timeframe | Bias | Bars |
|---|---|---|
| 📅 Daily | BULLISH | 64 |
| ⏰ 4H | BULLISH | 38 |
| 🕐 1H | BULLISH | 98 |
| ⏱ 15-Min | BULLISH | 130 |
| ⏲ 5-Min | BULLISH | 234 |
Momentum & Volume
Rate of change and relative volume against this symbol's own recent history. Momentum describes what price has done; it is not a claim about what it will do.
Peer Movement
How the rest of the sector moved over the same window. Context for a price move, never a cause of one.
Peer movement computing — it will appear here on its own.
Before you act on this
The questions worth asking about any verdict on this page, answered plainly.
Is this a fatwa?
No. HTR applies published screening standards to a company's own filings and shows the result under each one. It is research, not a religious ruling. For a ruling that applies to you, ask a qualified scholar.
Why can the standards disagree?
Because they measure different things. Some divide interest-bearing debt by market cap, others by total assets, and the thresholds differ too. The same filing can clear one line and cross another. HTR shows every verdict rather than averaging them into one label.
How often is this re-screened?
Ratios are recomputed when a new filing lands, and the whole watchlist is re-screened on a rolling basis. The date on the verdict above is the last time this symbol was actually recomputed, not the last time the page was built.
Do I need to purify dividends?
If a company earns some non-permissible income, many scholars hold that the same share of any dividend should be given away. The non-permissible income figure above is the number that calculation starts from — the purification calculator finishes it, showing the filing figures behind the ratio and both the proportional and the AAOIFI per-share convention.
Open research, not a fatwa. HTR applies published screening standards to filings and publishes what they say, including when they disagree. Nothing here is financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Verdicts can change when new filings land.
Compare with
Same screen, different answers. Comparison is where the standards disagreeing becomes useful rather than confusing.
Peer screening computing — it will appear here on its own.
Insider Activity (90d)
Insider transactions reported in the last ninety days. Insiders sell for reasons that have nothing to do with a view, so a sale on its own is not a signal.
NEUTRAL 0 buys · 0 sells
COT Positioning — E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
The weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the broad market it tracks, not for this symbol. Positioning context for the tape — it says nothing about this company.
NEUTRAL report date 2026-10-20 · Asset managers net 901377 (-14458)
AI Summary
Plain-language summary of the evidence already on this page — the Sharia screen, structure, momentum, and order flow above. It explains the read; it doesn't make the call. Generated on demand (a live AI call), never run automatically.