By Amber Burton

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) reported slightly lower earnings in the latest quarter but beat analysts' expectations for earnings.

The railroad company said its fourth-quarter earnings were $666 million, or $2.55 a share, compared with $702 million, or $2.57 a share a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting earnings of $2.30 a share.

Total revenue was $2.69 billion, down from $2.89 billion from a year earlier. Analysts were expecting revenue of $2.7 billion.

Write to Amber Burton at amber.burton@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 29, 2020 08:29 ET (13:29 GMT)

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