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Norfolk Southern (NSC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 2.0% to 0.11% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.11%, a 2.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.1%, up 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.11% for Q3 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.06% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.11% and a median of 0.11% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -6bps in 2023, then increased 6bps in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.12% in 2021, then grew by 7bps to 0.13% in 2022, then crashed by -44bps to 0.07% in 2023, then surged by 38bps to 0.1% in 2024, then grew by 9bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Return on Capital Employed are 0.11% (Q3 2025), 0.13% (Q2 2025), and 0.12% (Q1 2025).