Growth Metrics

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 17 consecutive years, with -$924.0 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures changed N/A to -$924.0 million in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was $738.0 million, a 81.39% decrease, with the full-year FY2024 number at $2.4 billion, up 2.32% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures was -$924.0 million for Q3 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from $475.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$943.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $451.4 million and a median of $445.0 million in 2021 define the central range for Capital Expenditures.
  • Peak YoY movement for Capital Expenditures: crashed 311.91% in 2023, then skyrocketed 47400.0% in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Capital Expenditures stood at $445.0 million in 2021, then surged by 49.66% to $666.0 million in 2022, then surged by 248.65% to $2.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 68.22% to $738.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 225.2% to -$924.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Capital Expenditures are -$924.0 million (Q3 2025), $475.0 million (Q2 2025), and $449.0 million (Q1 2025).