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Norfolk Southern (NSC) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.29 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 80.16% to 0.29 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.28, a 61.87% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.28, down 61.87% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.29 for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, up from 0.14 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.17 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.38 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.53 and a median of 0.34 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Biggest YoY gain for FCF Payout Ratio was 876.72% in 2024; the steepest drop was 192.17% in 2024.
  • Norfolk Southern's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2021, then surged by 307.89% to 2.17 in 2022, then plummeted by 108.54% to 0.18 in 2023, then soared by 876.72% to 1.44 in 2024, then plummeted by 80.16% to 0.29 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.29 (Q4 2025), 0.14 (Q3 2025), and 0.5 (Q2 2025).