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

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% to 0.14% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.14%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.11%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.28% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.09% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.19% and a median of 0.18% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: decreased -8bps in 2023, then grew 8bps in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.16% in 2021, then grew by 12bps to 0.18% in 2022, then plummeted by -42bps to 0.11% in 2023, then surged by 33bps to 0.14% in 2024, then grew by 1bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Return on Invested Capital are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025).