Norfolk Southern (NSC) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has 18 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at -$38.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 107.58% year-over-year to -$38.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.8 billion (up 2.94% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.4 billion, up 81.03% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow retreated to -$38.0 million in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$803.0 million in Q1 2024.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $605.0 million (2022), against an average of $715.5 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Free Cash Flow jumped 1522.73%; it then sank 168.46% in 2024.
• Tracing NSC's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $132.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 1522.73% to $2.1 billion in 2023, then plunged by 55.6% to $951.0 million in 2024, then surged by 166.88% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then plunged by 101.5% to -$38.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest NSC Free Cash Flow figures stand at -$38.0 million (Q1 2026), $2.5 billion (Q4 2025), and -$204.0 million (Q3 2025).

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