Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Norfolk Southern (NSC) posted EBIT Margin of 32.44% for Q2 2026, down 5.34 percentage points from 37.78% a year earlier but up 3.19 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, EBIT Margin at Norfolk Southern was 32.19%, down 9.27 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 35.76%, up 2.18 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBIT Margin shows a five-year change of +5.10 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Norfolk Southern's EBIT Margin was 33.58% in FY2024 (+10.13 pp), 23.45% in FY2023 (-14.28 pp), 37.73% in FY2022 (-2.18 pp) and 39.91% in FY2021 (+9.24 pp).
- Quarterly EBIT Margin has run from a low of 7.09% in Q1 2024 to a high of 52.31% in Q3 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBIT Margin has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.07 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBIT Margin in the past five years was Q1 2025, with a gain of 31.20 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a drop of 19.78 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin for the three prior quarters was 29.25% (Q1 2026), 31.51% (Q4 2025) and 35.39% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 32.44% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 29.25% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.51% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 35.39% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 37.78% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 38.29% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 37.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 52.31% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 37.16% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 26.29% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 25.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.33% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.70% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 36.48% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 38.05% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 39.11% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 37.22% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 39.59% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 39.83% |
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Norfolk Southern Corp EBIT Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=NSC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "NSC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=NSC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();