Growth Metrics

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 4.81 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 15.45% to 4.81 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.5, a 9.03% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 5.5, up 9.03% from a year prior.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 4.81 for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 5.57 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 7.86 in Q3 2024 to a low of 1.06 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 5.66 and a median of 5.8 in 2025 define the central range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Coverage Ratio: tumbled 73.92% in 2024, then surged 443.44% in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 6.84 in 2021, then decreased by 2.49% to 6.67 in 2022, then crashed by 37.9% to 4.14 in 2023, then soared by 37.16% to 5.68 in 2024, then dropped by 15.45% to 4.81 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Interest Coverage Ratio are 4.81 (Q4 2025), 5.57 (Q3 2025), and 5.85 (Q2 2025).