Norfolk Southern Corporation

NSC Industrials Railroads

Norfolk Southern Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $12.2 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+13.6%
EPS
+6.65%
Free cash flow
+7.49%
Total debt
−2.75%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

328.49 15.65 −4.55%
Market cap
$74.0B
P/E
27.5×
Fwd P/E
27.8×
Dividend yield
2.05%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.29
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
68/100
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
18.90 7.78 15.71 18.94 30.23 24.56 17.82 29.38 20.30 22.64
Piotroski F-Score
7 7 5 6 7 7 6 5 7 6
P/S ratio
3.18 4.01 3.62 4.53 6.19 6.60 4.56 4.40 4.38 5.33
Altman Z-Score
1.83 2.46 2.37 2.47 2.57 2.86 2.43 2.01 2.05 2.29
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.12 2.77 2.58 2.51 2.34 2.27 2.13 1.86 1.99 2.07
P/FCF ratio
24.62 24.43 20.98 22.72 24.48 24.97 22.92 57.01 23.81 27.99
Beneish M-Score
(2.67) (2.15) (2.57) (2.62) (2.74) (2.50) (2.42) (2.67) (2.77) (2.62)
P/Operating CF
43.55 53.69 49.32 57.11 69.67 78.03 72.88 79.45 55.80 61.11
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 68
P/B ratio
2.53 2.59 2.70 3.37 4.10 5.39 4.57 4.18 3.71 4.18
EV/Sales
4.12 4.88 4.57 5.55 7.37 7.76 5.72 5.68 5.66 6.61
EV/EBITDA
10.08 11.23 10.33 12.23 17.37 15.37 12.09 16.65 12.65 14.01
EV/FCF
31.87 29.71 26.43 27.88 29.15 29.38 28.73 73.65 30.79 34.69
Current Ratio
0.98 0.84 0.72 0.90 1.07 0.86 0.76 1.24 0.90 0.85
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.29 2.00 2.13 2.27 2.78 2.31 2.44 3.76 2.87 2.71
Debt/Equity
0.82 0.60 0.73 0.80 0.86 1.01 1.19 1.34 1.20 1.10
ROE
13.52% 37.54% 16.77% 17.79% 13.41% 21.12% 24.78% 14.30% 19.34% 19.23%
ROA
4.82% 15.30% 7.39% 7.33% 5.30% 7.86% 8.45% 4.53% 6.14% 6.46%
ROIC
8.68% 8.63% 9.46% 9.30% 7.12% 10.43% 10.95% 6.28% 8.52% 8.75%
Return on Tangible Assets
5.60% 18.04% 8.76% 8.65% 6.38% 9.59% 10.37% 5.37% 7.38% 7.99%
Average Days of Receivables
34.88 33.04 32.14 29.73 31.62 31.97 32.88 34.44 32.19 29.61
Earnings Yield
5.29% 12.85% 6.37% 5.28% 3.31% 4.07% 5.61% 3.40% 4.93% 4.42%
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.06% 4.09% 4.77% 4.40% 4.08% 4.01% 4.36% 1.75% 4.20% 3.57%
Free Cash Flow per Share
4.35 6.02 7.13 8.55 9.71 11.92 10.80 4.13 9.86 10.32
Book value per Share
42.22 56.82 55.32 57.67 57.98 55.25 54.23 56.33 63.27 69.10
Free Cash Flow
1,277.00 1,732.00 1,979.00 2,250.00 2,476.00 2,944.00 2,537.00 938.00 2,229.00 2,321.00
EV/EBIT
13.53 14.61 13.21 15.73 24.04 19.45 15.16 24.23 16.86 18.48
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026