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

Norfolk Southern (NSC) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.22% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 3.0% to 0.22% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.24%, a 2.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.24%, up 2.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.22% for Q4 2025 at Norfolk Southern, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.36% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.02% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.23% and a median of 0.24% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: dropped -13bps in 2023, then rose 23bps in 2025.
  • Norfolk Southern's Return on Sales stood at 0.27% in 2021, then fell by -8bps to 0.24% in 2022, then decreased by -30bps to 0.17% in 2023, then soared by 41bps to 0.24% in 2024, then decreased by -11bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NSC's Return on Sales are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.25% (Q2 2025).