Revenue
$12.18B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Operating income
$4.36B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Free cash flow
$2.16B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP (NSC) reported revenue of $12.18B and net income of $2.87B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Railroads, Line-Haul Operating.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.18B | $12.12B | $12.16B | $12.74B | $11.14B | $9.79B | $11.30B | $11.46B | $10.55B | $9.89B |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | $4.36B | $4.07B | $2.85B | $4.81B | $4.45B | $3.00B | $3.99B | $3.96B | $3.52B | $3.01B |
| Net income | $2.87B | $2.62B | $1.83B | $3.27B | $3.00B | $2.01B | $2.72B | $2.67B | $5.40B | Unavailable |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 225.30M | shares 226.40M | shares 227.40M | shares 235.60M | shares 248.10M | shares 256.60M | shares 265.60M | shares 280.20M | shares 290.30M | shares 296.00M |
| Pretax income | $3.66B | $3.33B | $2.32B | $4.13B | $3.88B | $2.53B | $3.49B | $3.47B | $3.13B | $2.58B |
| Income tax expense | $792.00M | $707.00M | $493.00M | $860.00M | $873.00M | $517.00M | $769.00M | $803.00M | -$2.28B | $914.00M |
| Diluted EPS | $12.75 | $11.57 | $8.02 | $13.88 | $12.11 | $7.84 | $10.25 | $9.51 | $18.61 | $5.62 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $1.53B | $1.64B | $1.57B | $456.00M | $839.00M | $1.12B | $580.00M | $358.00M | $690.00M | $956.00M |
| Total assets | $45.24B | $43.68B | $41.65B | $38.88B | $38.49B | $37.96B | $37.92B | $36.24B | $35.71B | $34.89B |
| Current assets | $3.20B | $3.19B | $3.27B | $2.01B | $2.17B | $2.32B | $2.08B | $1.86B | $2.15B | $2.29B |
| Total liabilities | $29.69B | $29.38B | $28.87B | $26.15B | $24.85B | $23.17B | $22.74B | $20.88B | $19.35B | $22.48B |
| Current liabilities | $3.78B | $3.54B | $2.63B | $2.65B | $2.52B | $2.16B | $2.30B | $2.59B | $2.54B | $2.34B |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $15.55B | $14.31B | $12.78B | $12.73B | $13.64B | $14.79B | $15.18B | $15.36B | $16.36B | $12.41B |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts receivable | $988.00M | $1.07B | $1.15B | $1.15B | $976.00M | $848.00M | $920.00M | $1.01B | $955.00M | $945.00M |
| Goodwill | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Long-term debt | $16.48B | $16.65B | $17.18B | $14.48B | $13.29B | $12.10B | $11.88B | $10.56B | $9.14B | $9.56B |
| Accounts payable | $1.86B | $1.70B | $1.64B | $1.29B | $1.35B | $1.02B | $1.43B | $1.50B | $1.40B | $1.22B |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.36B | $4.05B | $3.18B | $4.22B | $4.26B | $3.64B | $3.89B | $3.73B | $3.25B | $3.03B |
| Capital expenditures | $2.20B | $2.38B | $2.33B | $1.95B | $1.47B | $1.49B | $2.02B | $1.95B | $1.72B | $1.89B |
| Investing cash flow | -$2.56B | -$2.78B | -$2.18B | -$1.60B | -$1.22B | -$1.18B | -$1.76B | -$1.66B | -$1.48B | -$1.83B |
| Financing cash flow | -$1.91B | -$1.20B | $115.00M | -$3.00B | -$3.31B | -$1.93B | -$1.99B | -$2.31B | -$2.04B | -$1.35B |
| Net change in cash | -$111.00M | $73.00M | $1.11B | -$383.00M | -$276.00M | $535.00M | $134.00M | -$244.00M | -$266.00M | -$145.00M |
| Stock-based compensation | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Common dividends paid | $1.22B | $1.22B | $1.22B | $1.17B | $1.03B | $960.00M | $949.00M | $844.00M | $703.00M | $695.00M |
| Common share repurchases | $534.00M | $0 | $622.00M | $3.11B | $3.39B | $1.44B | $2.10B | $2.78B | $1.01B | $803.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | $1.39B | $1.35B | $1.30B | $1.22B | $1.18B | $1.15B | $1.14B | $1.10B | $1.06B | $1.03B |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $2.16B | $1.67B | $852.00M | $2.27B | $2.78B | $2.14B | $1.87B | $1.78B | $1.53B | $1.15B |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | 35.8% | 33.6% | 23.5% | 37.7% | 39.9% | 30.7% | 35.3% | 34.6% | 33.4% | 30.4% |
| FCF margin | 17.7% | 13.8% | 7.0% | 17.8% | 25.0% | 21.9% | 16.6% | 15.5% | 14.5% | 11.6% |
| SBC / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.90x | 1.24x | 0.76x | 0.86x | 1.07x | 0.90x | 0.72x | 0.84x | 0.98x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 0.5% | -0.3% | -4.6% | 14.4% | 13.8% | -13.3% | -1.4% | 8.6% | 6.7% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 23.6% | 21.6% | 15.0% | 25.7% | 27.0% | 20.6% | 24.1% | 23.3% | 51.2% | Unavailable |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 18.1% | 19.6% | 19.1% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 15.3% | 17.9% | 17.0% | 16.3% | 19.1% |
| Long-term debt / equity | 1.06x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 21.6% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 20.8% | 22.5% | 20.4% | 22.0% | 23.1% | -72.8% | 35.4% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open NSC in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-24View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-09View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-29View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-23View SEC filing
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