Norfolk Southern (NSC) EBIT (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported EBIT of $877.0 million for Q1 2026, down 23.47% year-over-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.4% quarter-over-quarter from $937.0 million in Q4 2025.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) EBIT (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has 18 years of EBIT data on file, last reported at $877.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • EBIT for Q1 2026 came in at $877.0 million, down 23.47% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.1 billion (down 18.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.4 billion, up 7.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT slipped to $877.0 million in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from $937.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT peaked at $1.6 billion in Q3 2024 and troughed at $213.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $997.9 million and a median of $1.1 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for EBIT.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: EBIT sank 70.04% in 2024, then jumped 438.03% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT shows it stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then plunged by 31.58% to $808.0 million in 2023, then soared by 39.98% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then slipped by 17.15% to $937.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 6.4% to $877.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NSC's EBIT at $877.0 million in Q1 2026, $937.0 million in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 152.26 Bn 151.22 Bn 5.85 Bn 2.46 Bn
2 Csx 84.99 Bn 83.89 Bn 3.18 Bn 1.25 Bn
3 Norfolk Southern 67.33 Bn 65.99 Bn 2.74 Bn 877.00 Mn
4 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 56.27 Bn 56.68 Bn 2.36 Bn 917.34 Mn
5 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 46.65 Bn 46.16 Bn 1.06 Bn 517.00 Mn
6 Trinity Industries 2.76 Bn 2.82 Bn 128.90 Mn 101.10 Mn
7 Greenbrier Companies 1.54 Bn 1.05 Bn 69.50 Mn 25.10 Mn
8 Foster L B 438.47 Mn 435.35 Mn 25.70 Mn 2.05 Mn
9 Rail Vision 179.83 Mn 159.33 Mn 504,000.00 -6.03 Mn
10 FreightCar America 178.32 Mn 114.02 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 877.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 937.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.60 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 213.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 808.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 756.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 576.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 711.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.18 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.14 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.17 Bn