Norfolk Southern (NSC) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.41 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 4.63% year-over-year to 0.41 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.46, a 26.25% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.42, down 9.18% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.41 for Q2 2026 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.55 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 5.75 in Q1 2024 and troughed at 0.28 in Q3 2024.
• A 5-year average of 0.76 and a median of 0.42 in 2022 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio soared 773.52% in 2024 and sank 92.91% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.36 in 2022, then jumped by 59.86% to 0.58 in 2023, then fell by 27.87% to 0.42 in 2024, then increased by 12.7% to 0.47 in 2025, then retreated by 12.26% to 0.41 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.41 (Q2 2026), 0.55 (Q1 2026), and 0.47 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.