Growth Metrics

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Equity Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Equity Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.34 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Equity Ratio rose 4.94% to 0.34 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.34, a 4.94% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.34, up 4.94% from a year prior.
  • Equity Ratio was 0.34 for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, up from 0.34 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Equity Ratio ranged from a high of 0.39 in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.3 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.33 and a median of 0.33 in 2022 define the central range for Equity Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Equity Ratio: fell 11.4% in 2022, then rose 11.34% in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Equity Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2021, then decreased by 7.6% to 0.33 in 2022, then dropped by 6.29% to 0.31 in 2023, then grew by 6.73% to 0.33 in 2024, then grew by 4.94% to 0.34 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Equity Ratio are 0.34 (Q4 2025), 0.34 (Q3 2025), and 0.33 (Q2 2025).