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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
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Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) Current ratio

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Norfolk Southern Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.9×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (fiscal 2018) to 1.2× (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Railroads industry median of 1.2× and below the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 0.8× (5.79%)
FY2024 0.9× (27.64%)
FY2023 1.2× 64.04%
FY2022 0.8× (11.87%)
FY2021 0.9× (19.90%)
FY2020 1.1× 18.60%
FY2019 0.9× 25.91%
FY2018 0.7× (14.90%)
FY2017 0.8× (13.79%)
FY2016 1.0× (13.01%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 0.9× 8.67%
Jun 2026 0.8× (8.33%)
Mar 2026 0.9× 7.02%
Dec 2025 0.8× (1.66%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 1.2×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 36

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
GBX Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (The) compare 2.4×
FSTR L.B. Foster Company compare 1.9×
TRN Trinity Industries, Inc. compare 1.9×
RAIL Freightcar America, Inc. compare 1.8×
UNP Union Pacific Corporation compare 1.2×
WAB Wabtec compare 1.1×
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation 0.9×
CSX CSX Corporation compare 0.8×
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited compare 0.5×
Railroads industry median 1.2×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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