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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$210.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 19.85% to -$210.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$210.0 million, a 19.85% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$210.0 million, up 19.85% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings was -$210.0 million for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from $12.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $12.9 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$586.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $5.5 billion and a median of $5.1 billion in 2024 define the central range for Retained Earnings.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: tumbled 104.49% in 2021, then soared 3983.73% in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Retained Earnings stood at $11.6 billion in 2021, then fell by 7.67% to $10.7 billion in 2022, then crashed by 102.99% to -$320.0 million in 2023, then increased by 18.12% to -$262.0 million in 2024, then increased by 19.85% to -$210.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Retained Earnings are -$210.0 million (Q4 2025), $12.9 billion (Q3 2025), and $12.6 billion (Q2 2025).