FIP vs NSC vs CSANY Stock Comparison

FTAI Infrastructure, Norfolk Southern and Cosan Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp
$339.81 +8.6% 1M +20.7% 1Y
Market cap
$76.54B
P/E
28.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.96B
Div. yield
0.02%
Railroads Industrials
5 wins
CSANY Cosan S.A.
$2.07 -27.9% 1M -54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.16B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Norfolk Southern leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Norfolk Southern 5, FTAI Infrastructure 3, Cosan 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFIPNSCCSANYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $320.22M $76.54B $1.16B NSC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.5x 28.5x -0.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +72.3% +6.0% -0.9% FIP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -91.9% 20.7% -21.9% NSC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -15.3% 9.7% 129.2% CSANY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -11.3x 2.7x -0.3x FIP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.02% 0.00% FIP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -51.3% +20.7% -54.4% NSC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +3.0%/yr -32.0%/yr NSC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.1% 20.9% 89.8% NSC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 20/100 33/100 46/100 CSANY

Percentile Scorecard

FIPNSCCSANY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFIPNSCCSANY
Valuation 1 #135 of 136 10 #123 of 136 89 #12 of 99
Growth 26 #90 of 121 43 #69 of 121 15 #83 of 97
Profitability 3 #112 of 115 66 #40 of 115 45 #53 of 96
Financial Health 1 #141 of 143 30 #100 of 143 66 #35 of 102
Shareholder Returns 72 #24 of 82 16 #69 of 82 17 #63 of 76
Overall 20 33 46
  • FIP ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • NSC ranked among 150 companies in Transportation
  • CSANY ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFIPNSCCSANYSPY
1 month -14.4%+8.6%-27.9% -0.2%
3 months -34.6%+0.3%-33.4% +3.9%
6 months -52.2%+7.3%-50.8% +8.2%
Year to date -42.1%+17.7%-47.6% +12.9%
1 year -51.3%+20.7%-54.4% +12.3%
3 years -13.0%+84.1%-83.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -4.5%+22.6%-45.5% +23.3%
5 years —+15.9%-85.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+3.0%-32.0% +10.9%
10 years —+272.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+14.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFIPNSCCSANYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.1%20.9%89.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 71.4%20.3%106.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.060.191.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.730.99-0.61 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.6%-38.0%-89.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.5%-3.7%-62.0% -1.2%
52-week high $6.44$352.99$5.45 $779.14
52-week low $2.31$278.19$2.07 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFIPNSCCSANY
P/E now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 16.3x 28.4xmedian 16.3x -0.8xmedian 13.0x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.0x 5.9xmedian 1.0x 0.3xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -12.6xmedian 8.7x 16.6xmedian 8.7x 0.4xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.0xmedian 11.4x 46.3xmedian 11.4x 2.0xmedian 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median -0.6xmedian 1.2x 4.6xmedian 1.2x 0.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.82 3.16median 0.82 0.01median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFIPNSCCSANY
Revenue $659.21M $12.96B $7.59B
Gross profit – – $2.62B
Operating income – $4.09B $1.96B
Net income -$468.91M $2.68B -$1.37B
Free cash flow -$318.87M $1.65B $1.01B
EPS (diluted) $-5.13 $11.92 $-2.68
Cash & equivalents $32.63M $1.60B $2.58B
Total debt $2.76B $16.61B $4.35B
Shares (diluted) 118.16M 225.20M 617.57M
Enterprise value $157.66M $71.00B -$9.87B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFIPNSCCSANY
P/E -0.5x 28.4x -0.8x
P/FCF -1.0x 46.3x 2.0x
P/Operating cash flow -5.5x 20.2x 0.8x
P/S 0.5x 5.9x 0.3x
P/B -0.6x 4.6x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -0.5x 4.6x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA -12.6x 16.6x 0.4x
EV/EBIT -6.9x 22.3x 0.6x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 7.0x 0.2x
EV/FCF -9.6x 55.5x 1.2x
EV/Operating cash flow -53.0x 24.1x 0.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 3.16 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFIPNSCCSANY
Revenue growth (1Y) 72.3% 6.0% -0.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.8% 1.7% -20.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 4.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -10.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -10.2% 52.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 8.2% -8.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -299.3% -9.4% 19.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -40.5% 8.7% -61.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -273.4% -9.6% -169.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -41.9% 9.0% -74.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 32.1% -11.0% -18.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -138.6% 4.6% -11.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.8% -21.5% -69.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -22.6% 13.0% -43.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFIPNSCCSANY
Gross margin – – 34.5%
EBITDA margin -36.8% 42.5% 35.6%
Operating margin – 31.5% 25.9%
Pretax margin -66.7% 26.4% -15.0%
Net margin -91.9% 20.7% -21.9%
FCF margin -48.4% 12.7% 13.3%
Operating cash flow margin -8.7% 29.2% 33.1%
Return on equity – 16.3% -26.1%
Return on assets -8.2% 5.9% -6.3%
Return on invested capital -15.3% 9.7% 129.2%
Return on capital employed -10.0% 9.8% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.4x -1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 3.8% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFIPNSCCSANY
Debt / assets 48.1% 36.2% 6.9%
Debt / equity -5.3x 1.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -11.3x 2.7x -0.3x
Debt / FCF -8.7x 10.1x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 109.0% 63.6% 74.8%
Equity / assets -9.0% 36.4% 25.2%
Interest coverage – 5.2x 1.3x
Current ratio 0.3x 0.9x –
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.8x 3.4x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 2.4x
Altman Z-score -0.49 2.57 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFIPNSCCSANY
Dividend yield 4.5% 1.6% –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% -3.5%
Shareholder yield 4.5% 1.6% -3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) -3.0% 45.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -4.4% 73.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.4% -0.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 0.2% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFIPNSCCSANY
Forward P/E – 27.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.58FY2026 $12.23FY2026 $-0.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -2.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +24.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $701.40MFY2026 $14.12BFY2026 $7.67BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +39.6%FY2026 +15.9%FY2026 -2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.4% +2.7% +21.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFIPNSCCSANY
Held by institutions 87.9% 75.9% –
Institutions holding 176 1,863 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.6% +1.5% –
Institutions buying 86 751 –
Institutions selling 47 631 –
Buyers to sellers 1.83 1.19 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FIPNSCCSANY
FIP 1.00 0.15 0.17
NSC 0.15 1.00 0.00
CSANY 0.17 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FIP, NSC and CSANY?

Norfolk Southern (NSC) is the largest by market capitalisation: FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) $320.22M, Norfolk Southern (NSC) $76.54B, Cosan (CSANY) $1.16B.

Which company is growing faster?

FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) +72.3%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) +6.0%, Cosan (CSANY) -0.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has the highest net margin (FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) -91.9%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) 20.7%, Cosan (CSANY) -21.9%). On return on invested capital, Cosan (CSANY) leads (FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) -15.3%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) 9.7%, Cosan (CSANY) 129.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Norfolk Southern (NSC) returned the most: FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) -51.3%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) +20.7%, Cosan (CSANY) -54.4%. Over five years, Norfolk Southern (NSC) compounded fastest (Norfolk Southern (NSC) +3.0%/yr, Cosan (CSANY) -32.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) has the highest dividend yield: FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) 0.04%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) 0.02%, Cosan (CSANY) 0.00%. Cosan (CSANY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Norfolk Southern (NSC) has been the steadiest (FTAI Infrastructure (FIP) 70.1%, Norfolk Southern (NSC) 20.9%, Cosan (CSANY) 89.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FIP, NSC and CSANY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Norfolk Southern (NSC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.