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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $1.1 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 399.06% to $1.1 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $4.4 billion, a 160.98% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $4.4 billion, up 160.98% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.1 billion for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from $2.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.2 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$1.6 billion in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $597.2 million and a median of $662.5 million in 2021 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: plummeted 1349.24% in 2023, then soared 576.47% in 2024.
  • Norfolk Southern's Free Cash Flow stood at $497.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 73.44% to $132.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 1349.24% to -$1.6 billion in 2023, then surged by 112.92% to $213.0 million in 2024, then soared by 399.06% to $1.1 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Free Cash Flow are $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), $2.2 billion (Q3 2025), and $602.0 million (Q2 2025).