Norfolk Southern (NSC) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has 18 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $382.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 14.92% year-over-year to $382.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$67.0 million (down 114.89% YoY) and the FY2024 annual result came in at $1.6 billion, up 7368.18% from the prior year.
• Capital Expenditures improved to $382.0 million in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from -$1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $1.6 billion in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $448.0 million (2022), against an average of $266.3 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Capital Expenditures plunged 320.57%; it then jumped 184.75% in 2025.
• Tracing NSC's Capital Expenditures over 5 years: stood at $666.0 million in 2022, then sank by 320.57% to -$1.5 billion in 2023, then surged by 135.26% to $518.0 million in 2024, then sank by 384.75% to -$1.5 billion in 2025, then soared by 125.9% to $382.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest NSC Capital Expenditures figures stand at $382.0 million (Q1 2026), -$1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q3 2025).

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