Norfolk Southern NSC
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At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) posted quarterly Profit After Tax of $734.0 million for Q2 2026, down 4.43% year-over-year from $768.0 million in Q2 2025, and up 34.19% quarter-over-quarter from $547.0 million in Q1 2026.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has reported Profit After Tax for 18 consecutive years, with $734.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Profit After Tax fell 4.43% year-over-year to $734.0 million; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at $2.6 billion (down 21.34% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.9 billion, up 9.57% from the prior year.
  • Profit After Tax climbed to $734.0 million in Q2 2026 per NSC's latest filing, from $547.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Profit After Tax topped out at $1.1 billion in Q3 2024 and bottomed at $53.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • Historically, Profit After Tax has averaged $660.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $722.0 million in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Profit After Tax plunged 88.63% — and 2025, when it soared 1316.98%.
  • Norfolk Southern's Profit After Tax stood at $790.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 33.29% to $527.0 million in 2023, then surged by 39.09% to $733.0 million in 2024, then fell by 12.14% to $644.0 million in 2025, then advanced by 13.98% to $734.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NSC's Profit After Tax at $734.0 million in Q2 2026, $547.0 million in Q1 2026, and $644.0 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) PAT (Qtr)
1 Union Pacific 182.58 Bn 180.47 Bn 6.50 Bn 1.99 Bn
2 Csx 95.72 Bn 94.33 Bn 3.29 Bn 1.00 Bn
3 Canadian Pacific Kansas City 85.71 Bn 85.44 Bn 2.92 Bn 740.28 Mn
4 Canadian National Railway 79.38 Bn 79.38 Bn - 1.15 Bn
5 Norfolk Southern 78.72 Bn 77.65 Bn - 734.00 Mn
6 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies 50.38 Bn 49.71 Bn 1.16 Bn 396.00 Mn
7 Trinity Industries 2.37 Bn 2.21 Bn 109.90 Mn 102.20 Mn
8 Greenbrier Companies 1.43 Bn 1.15 Bn 81.10 Mn 18.90 Mn
9 Foster L B 392.93 Mn 387.15 Mn 30.87 Mn 3.12 Mn
10 FreightCar America 235.01 Mn 170.72 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 734.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 547.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 644.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 711.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 768.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 751.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 733.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.10 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 737.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 53.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 527.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 478.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 356.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 466.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 790.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 958.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 825.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 711.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 760.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 753.00 Mn