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

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.19% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity changed 0.0% to 0.19% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.19%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.19%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.19% for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.11% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2% and a median of 0.2% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: dropped -13bps in 2024, then rose 12bps in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Return on Equity stood at 0.22% in 2021, then increased by 16bps to 0.25% in 2022, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.14% in 2023, then rose by 30bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 0bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Return on Equity are 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025).