Norfolk Southern NSC
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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2024)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $173.0 million for Q2 2024, down 15.61% year-over-year from $205.0 million in Q3 2023, and down 19.53% quarter-over-quarter from $215.0 million in Q1 2024.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Cost of Revenue (2016 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has reported Cost of Revenue for 9 consecutive years, with $173.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2024.

  • In Q2 2024, Cost of Revenue fell 15.61% year-over-year to $173.0 million; the TTM figure through Jun 2024 stood at $803.0 million (up 2.03% YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was $832.0 million, up 16.69% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue fell to $173.0 million in Q2 2024 per NSC's latest filing, from $215.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $215.0 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $97.0 million in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Cost of Revenue has averaged $174.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $171.5 million in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Cost of Revenue slumped 35.76% — and 2022, when it surged 77.32%.
  • Norfolk Southern's Cost of Revenue stood at $153.0 million in 2020, then retreated by 15.69% to $129.0 million in 2021, then surged by 60.47% to $207.0 million in 2022, then rose by 1.45% to $210.0 million in 2023, then decreased by 17.62% to $173.0 million in 2024.
  • Business Quant data shows NSC's Cost of Revenue at $173.0 million in Q2 2024, $215.0 million in Q1 2024, and $210.0 million in Q4 2023.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 182.58 Bn 180.47 Bn 6.50 Bn 362.00 Mn
2 Csx 95.72 Bn 94.33 Bn 3.29 Bn 644.00 Mn
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 85.71 Bn 85.44 Bn 2.92 Bn 93.98 Mn
4 Canadian National Railway 79.38 Bn 79.38 Bn - -
5 Norfolk Southern 78.72 Bn 77.65 Bn - -
6 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 50.38 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.16 Bn 2.02 Bn
7 Trinity Industries 2.37 Bn 2.21 Bn 109.90 Mn 375.20 Mn
8 Greenbrier Companies 1.43 Bn 1.15 Bn 81.10 Mn 495.40 Mn
9 Foster L B 392.93 Mn 387.15 Mn 30.87 Mn 107.68 Mn
10 FreightCar America 235.01 Mn 170.72 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2024 173.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 173.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 215.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 215.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 210.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 210.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 205.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 205.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 205.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 205.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 212.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 212.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 207.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 207.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 163.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 163.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 172.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 172.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 171.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 171.00 Mn