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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% on a QoQ basis from 0.27 in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Asset Utilization Ratio fell 2.59% year-over-year to 0.27 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.27 (down 2.59% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.27, down 3.58% from the prior year.
  • Asset Utilization Ratio fell to 0.27 in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Asset Utilization Ratio topped out at 0.33 in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.27 in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Asset Utilization Ratio is 0.29 (2024), against an average of 0.29.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Asset Utilization Ratio rose 13.55%; it then dropped 13.55% in 2024.
  • Tracing NSC's Asset Utilization Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.33 in 2022, then slipped by 9.48% to 0.3 in 2023, then decreased by 5.49% to 0.28 in 2024, then declined by 2.75% to 0.27 in 2025, then decreased by 0.55% to 0.27 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NSC Asset Utilization Ratio figures stand at 0.27 (Q1 2026), 0.27 (Q4 2025), and 0.28 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Asset Util. (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 155.75 Bn 154.71 Bn 5.85 Bn 0.35
2 Csx 84.18 Bn 83.08 Bn 3.18 Bn 0.32
3 Norfolk Southern 68.46 Bn 67.12 Bn 2.74 Bn 0.27
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 58.41 Bn 58.81 Bn 2.36 Bn 0.17
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 44.40 Bn 43.91 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.51
6 Trinity Industries 2.59 Bn 2.65 Bn 128.90 Mn 0.25
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.46 Bn 968.55 Mn 69.50 Mn 0.67
8 Foster L B 419.50 Mn 416.39 Mn 25.70 Mn 1.70
9 FreightCar America 145.10 Mn 80.80 Mn - -
10 Swvl Holdings 18.35 Mn 13.93 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
Mar 31, 2021 0.26
Dec 31, 2020 0.26
Sep 30, 2020 0.26
Jun 30, 2020 0.27
Mar 31, 2020 0.29
Dec 31, 2019 0.30
Sep 30, 2019 0.31
Jun 30, 2019 0.31
Mar 31, 2019 0.32
Dec 31, 2018 0.32
Sep 30, 2018 0.31
Jun 30, 2018 0.30
Mar 31, 2018 0.30
Dec 31, 2017 0.30
Sep 30, 2017 0.30
Jun 30, 2017 0.29
Mar 31, 2017 0.29
Dec 31, 2016 0.28
Sep 30, 2016 0.29
Jun 30, 2016 0.30
Mar 31, 2016 0.31
Dec 31, 2015 0.31
Sep 30, 2015 0.33
Jun 30, 2015 0.34
Mar 31, 2015 0.35
Dec 31, 2014 0.35
Sep 30, 2014 0.35
Jun 30, 2014 0.35
Mar 31, 2014 0.34
Dec 31, 2013 0.35
Sep 30, 2013 0.36
Jun 30, 2013 0.36
Mar 31, 2013 0.36
Dec 31, 2012 0.37
Sep 30, 2012 0.38
Jun 30, 2012 0.39
Mar 31, 2012 0.39
Dec 31, 2011 0.39
Sep 30, 2011 0.38
Jun 30, 2011 0.37
Mar 31, 2011 0.35
Dec 31, 2010 0.34
Sep 30, 2010 0.33
Jun 30, 2010 0.32
Mar 31, 2010 0.30
Dec 31, 2009 0.29
Sep 30, 2009 0.31