Norfolk Southern (NSC) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)
Historic Return on Equity for Norfolk Southern (NSC) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.19%.
- Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity changed 0.0% to 0.19% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Dec 2025 it was 0.19%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.19% for FY2025, which is 0.0% changed from last year.
- As of Q4 2025, Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity stood at 0.19%, which was down 0.0% from 0.2% recorded in Q3 2025.
- In the past 5 years, Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity registered a high of 0.25% during Q4 2022, and its lowest value of 0.11% during Q1 2024.
- Over the past 5 years, Norfolk Southern's median Return on Equity value was 0.2% (recorded in 2025), while the average stood at 0.2%.
- Per our database at Business Quant, Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity tumbled by -1300bps in 2024 and then surged by 1200bps in 2025.
- Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity stood at 0.22% in 2021, then rose by 16bps to 0.25% in 2022, then crashed by -43bps to 0.14% in 2023, then rose by 30bps to 0.19% in 2024, then grew by 0bps to 0.19% in 2025.
- Its Return on Equity stands at 0.19% for Q4 2025, versus 0.2% for Q3 2025 and 0.23% for Q2 2025.