Norfolk Southern (NSC) Asset Utilization Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported Asset Utilization Ratio of 0.27 for Q1 2026, down 2.59% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q1 2025, and down 0.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.27 in Q4 2025.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Asset Utilization Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has 18 years of Asset Utilization Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.27 in Q1 2026.

  • Asset Utilization Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.27, down 2.59% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.27 (down 2.59% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.27, down 3.58% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio declined to 0.27 in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Asset Utilization Ratio peaked at 0.33 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.27 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.29 and a median of 0.29 in 2024 frame the typical range for Asset Utilization Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Asset Utilization Ratio advanced 13.55% in 2022, then fell 13.55% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Asset Utilization Ratio shows it stood at 0.33 in 2022, then declined by 9.48% to 0.3 in 2023, then dropped by 5.49% to 0.28 in 2024, then retreated by 2.75% to 0.27 in 2025, then dropped by 0.55% to 0.27 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NSC's Asset Utilization Ratio at 0.27 in Q1 2026, 0.27 in Q4 2025, and 0.28 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.35
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.32
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.27
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.17
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.51
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn 0.25
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 0.67
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.70
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 0.08
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.27
Dec 31, 2025 0.27
Sep 30, 2025 0.28
Jun 30, 2025 0.28
Mar 31, 2025 0.28
Dec 31, 2024 0.28
Sep 30, 2024 0.28
Jun 30, 2024 0.29
Mar 31, 2024 0.29
Dec 31, 2023 0.30
Sep 30, 2023 0.31
Jun 30, 2023 0.32
Mar 31, 2023 0.33
Dec 31, 2022 0.33
Sep 30, 2022 0.31
Jun 30, 2022 0.30
Mar 31, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.29
Sep 30, 2021 0.28
Jun 30, 2021 0.27