Norfolk Southern (NSC) Dividend Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has reported Dividend Coverage Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 2.42 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Dividend Coverage Ratio fell 4.43% year-over-year to 2.42 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 2.17, a 20.79% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 2.36, up 10.11% from the prior year.
• Dividend Coverage Ratio was 2.42 for Q2 2026 at Norfolk Southern, up from 1.81 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Dividend Coverage Ratio peaked at 3.6 in Q3 2024 and troughed at 0.17 in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 2.19 and a median of 2.38 in 2022 frame the typical range for Dividend Coverage Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Dividend Coverage Ratio slumped 88.55% in 2024 and jumped 1310.47% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Dividend Coverage Ratio stood at 2.76 in 2022, then sank by 37.45% to 1.73 in 2023, then soared by 38.63% to 2.4 in 2024, then decreased by 11.27% to 2.13 in 2025, then grew by 13.98% to 2.42 in 2026.
• The last three Dividend Coverage Ratio figures came in at 2.42 (Q2 2026), 1.81 (Q1 2026), and 2.13 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.