NSC · XBRL financial data
Norfolk Southern financial statements, every quarter
The same tables from 12 filings, lined up. Matched by XBRL tag: renamed lines keep their history.
How these numbers work
- Every number comes from the company's XBRL financial data filed with the SEC, and each one links to its filing.
- Lines are matched by XBRL tag, so a line renamed between filings keeps its history.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: the 10-K year minus the first three quarters, or a year-to-date total minus the earlier one. Fourth-quarter earnings per share is fourth-quarter net income over the fourth-quarter weighted shares.
- 0 means a filing states zero; a dash (—) means no filing states that number.
- “year only” means the 10-K gives the full year but not the quarters needed to work out the fourth. A worked-out quarter of revenue, cost of revenue or operating cash flow more than twice the company's largest quarter of the two years before is shown this way too.
- Gross profit is shown as the company reports it; a worked-out quarter must equal revenue less cost of revenue for that quarter, or it is a dash.
- Operating income can be above gross profit when the company books other operating income between the two, shown on its own line.
- Shares outstanding come from each filing's cover page, as of the date printed there.
- Quarters are fiscal: Q2 FY27 is the second quarter of the company's fiscal 2027.
Income statement
CSVFiscal quarters (NSC's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | 3,073* | 3,004 | 3,044 | 3,051 | 3,024* | 2,993 | 3,110 | 3,103 | 2,974* | 2,998 | 3,465 | 3,526 |
| Other operating income (expense) | year only | (69) | (31) | — | year only | (39) | (38) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income (loss) | 808* | 213 | 1,131 | 1,596 | 1,131* | 1,146 | 1,175 | 1,098 | 937* | 877 | 1,124 | 1,150 |
| Interest expense | 195* | 201 | 204 | 203 | 199* | 199 | 201 | 197 | 195* | 197 | 197 | 193 |
| Other income (expense) | 38* | 18 | 17 | 34 | (4)* | 31 | 24 | 23 | 23* | 35 | 32 | 30 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 124* | (23) | 207 | 328 | 195* | 228 | 230 | 213 | 121* | 168 | 225 | 228 |
| Net income (loss) | 527* | 53 | 737 | 1,099 | 733* | 750 | 768 | 711 | 644* | 547 | 734 | 759 |
| Earnings per share, basic USD per share | 2.33* | 0.23 | 3.26 | 4.86 | 3.24* | 3.31 | 3.41 | 3.16 | 2.87* | 2.43 | 3.26 | 3.38 |
| Earnings per share, diluted USD per share | 2.33* | 0.23 | 3.25 | 4.85 | 3.24* | 3.31 | 3.41 | 3.16 | 2.86* | 2.43 | 3.26 | 3.37 |
| Weighted average shares, basic millions of shares | 226* | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226* | 226 | 225 | 224 | 225* | 225 | 225 | 225 |
| Weighted average shares, diluted millions of shares | 226* | 226 | 226 | 227 | 226* | 227 | 225 | 225 | 225* | 225 | 225 | 225 |
Balance sheet
CSVFiscal quarters (NSC's year ends in late December)
Cash flows
CSVFiscal quarters (NSC's year ends in late December)
| In millions of dollars | Dec 31, 2023 | Mar 31, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (loss) | 527* | 53 | 737 | 1,099 | 733* | 750 | 768 | 711 | 644* | 547 | 734 | 759 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 330* | 337 | 335* | 339* | 342* | 346 | 346* | 348* | 353* | 352 | 358* | 363* |
| Net cash from operating activities | 673* | 839 | 1,036* | 1,226* | 951* | 950 | 1,077* | 1,271* | 1,063* | 344 | 1,054* | 1,322* |
| Purchases of property and equipment | 853* | 557 | 568* | 581* | 675* | 449 | 475* | 551* | 729* | 382 | 439* | 586* |
| Net cash from investing activities | (788)* | (1,844) | (723)* | (224)* | 11* | (1,021) | (414)* | (483)* | (644)* | (213) | (416)* | (479)* |
| Share repurchases | 119* | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0* | 248 | 208* | 78* | 0* | 5 | 0* | 0* |
| Dividends paid | 305* | 305 | 305* | 305* | 306* | 306 | 303* | 303* | 303* | 303 | 303* | 304* |
| Net cash from financing activities | 177* | 89 | (306)* | (686)* | (296)* | (564) | (366)* | (673)* | (307)* | (320) | (910)* | (314)* |
| Net change in cash | 62* | (916) | 7* | 316* | 666* | (635) | 297* | 115* | 112* | (189) | (272)* | 529* |
Compare with peers
SIC 4011 and related industry codes, similar size. Each row is the latest quarter reported.
How peers are chosen
- SIC 4011 and related industry codes with public float (or, where float is missing, quarterly revenue) between 0.2x and 5x the company's.
- Each row is the latest quarter the company has reported, named in the Quarter column; when that filing is a 10-K, it is the fourth quarter, never the full year.
- * marks a quarter worked out from the filing totals: for a 10-Q, the year-to-date total less the earlier one.
- A cell reading “not reported” means the filings give no figure for that quarter alone.
| Company | Cash ($M) | Revenue, quarter ($M) | Operating cash flow, quarter ($M) | Shares outstanding | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk Southern | 1,598 | 3,526 | 1,322* | 224.6M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| CSX | 1,223 | 4,017 | 1,617* | 1.8B | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Canadian Pacific Kansas City | 399 | 4,192 | not reported | 869.6M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
| Union Pacific | 2,211 | 7,197 | 2,786* | 594.3M | 10-QSep 30, 2026 |
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