Is Norfolk Southern Stock Underperforming the Nasdaq?

With a market cap of $55.8 billion, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the company transports agricultural, forest, and consumer products, chemicals, petroleum products, industrial chemicals, and more.

Companies worth $10 billion or more are typically referred to as "large-cap stocks." NSC fits right into that category, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size and influence in the railroads industry. NSC benefits from providing a comprehensive logistics service and offers the most extensive intermodal network on the eastern side of the United States.