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.

• Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$38.0 million, down 107.58% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.8 billion (up 2.94% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.4 billion, up 81.03% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow fell to -$38.0 million in Q1 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at -$803.0 million in Q1 2024.
• A 5-year average of $715.5 million and a median of $605.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Free Cash Flow soared 1522.73% in 2023, then tumbled 168.46% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $132.0 million in 2022, then soared by 1522.73% to $2.1 billion in 2023, then slumped by 55.6% to $951.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 166.88% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then slumped by 101.5% to -$38.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NSC's Free Cash Flow at -$38.0 million in Q1 2026, $2.5 billion in Q4 2025, and -$204.0 million in Q3 2025.