Norfolk Southern (NSC) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 29.25% in Q1 2026.

• EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 29.25%, down 904.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 33.54% (down 777.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 35.76%, up 218.0% from the prior year.
• EBIT Margin eased to 29.25% in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from 31.51% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 52.31% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 7.09% in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of 32.4% and a median of 36.48% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: EBIT Margin plunged 1978 bps in 2023, then soared 3120 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 36.48% in 2022, then retreated by 28 bps to 26.29% in 2023, then surged by 42 bps to 37.4% in 2024, then retreated by 16 bps to 31.51% in 2025, then slipped by 7 bps to 29.25% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NSC's EBIT Margin at 29.25% in Q1 2026, 31.51% in Q4 2025, and 35.39% in Q3 2025.