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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Return on Assets for 17 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Assets changed 0.0% to 0.06% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.06%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.06%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Assets was 0.06% for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.07% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.07% and a median of 0.07% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Assets.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Assets: decreased -4bps in 2023, then grew 4bps in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Return on Assets stood at 0.08% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 0.08% in 2022, then crashed by -47bps to 0.04% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 36bps to 0.06% in 2024, then rose by 6bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Return on Assets are 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.07% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).