Norfolk Southern Ratios (2009-2025) | NSC

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Ratios	Mar2009	Jun2009	Sep2009	Dec2009	Mar2010	Jun2010	Sep2010	Dec2010	Mar2011	Jun2011	Sep2011	Dec2011	Mar2012	Jun2012	Sep2012	Dec2012	Mar2013	Jun2013	Sep2013	Dec2013	Mar2014	Jun2014	Sep2014	Dec2014	Mar2015	Jun2015	Sep2015	Dec2015	Mar2016	Jun2016	Sep2016	Dec2016	Mar2017	Jun2017	Sep2017	Dec2017	Mar2018	Jun2018	Sep2018	Dec2018	Mar2019	Jun2019	Sep2019	Dec2019	Mar2020	Jun2020	Sep2020	Dec2020	Mar2021	Jun2021	Sep2021	Dec2021	Mar2022	Jun2022	Sep2022	Dec2022	Mar2023	Jun2023	Sep2023	Dec2023	Mar2024	Jun2024	Sep2024	Dec2024	Mar2025	Jun2025	Sep2025	Dec2025
Profitability
Gross Margin	91.82%	91.76%	90.69%	89.51%	88.65%	89.38%	89.45%	87.12%	85.15%	85.62%	86.67%	85.59%	85.19%	86.43%	85.93%	85.28%	84.33%	86.05%	86.19%	86.01%	83.93%	86.59%	87.20%	87.91%	89.72%	90.60%	91.85%	90.63%	91.98%	91.77%	92.55%	91.37%	91.73%	92.42%	92.58%	91.05%	90.21%	90.61%	90.70%	90.50%	91.20%	91.32%	91.97%	91.71%	92.80%	92.76%	92.70%	94.05%	93.29%	93.28%	92.71%	92.08%	89.67%	87.45%	88.54%	85.39%	89.94%	91.17%	90.27%	90.14%	86.02%	86.24%	92.92%	92.39%	86.60%	86.85%	92.36%	92.20%
EBT Margin	14.57%	21.06%	23.32%	22.17%	20.38%	26.13%	29.07%	23.49%	19.66%	27.77%	30.60%	25.85%	23.45%	29.33%	23.77%	23.14%	25.46%	26.30%	26.49%	27.18%	20.60%	29.52%	29.51%	27.53%	19.28%	25.76%	26.69%	20.81%	24.79%	25.92%	27.93%	25.74%	25.44%	29.58%	29.96%	33.46%	26.02%	31.88%	30.81%	32.11%	30.32%	31.93%	30.55%	30.78%	16.61%	24.12%	28.89%	33.70%	32.82%	37.19%	34.57%	34.54%	31.29%	33.45%	32.70%	32.07%	18.90%	15.54%	20.67%	21.18%	1.00%	31.01%	46.77%	30.69%	32.68%	32.09%	29.78%	25.72%
EBIT Margin	19.71%	25.20%	27.24%	26.07%	24.80%	30.16%	30.37%	26.84%	22.90%	30.53%	32.47%	28.60%	26.71%	32.50%	27.14%	26.60%	25.24%	29.84%	30.06%	30.58%	24.80%	33.50%	33.01%	31.05%	23.61%	30.00%	30.30%	25.50%	29.88%	31.38%	32.49%	30.56%	29.40%	33.07%	33.52%	37.39%	30.73%	35.40%	34.61%	37.22%	34.01%	36.41%	35.06%	35.76%	21.64%	29.26%	33.52%	38.24%	38.46%	41.69%	39.83%	39.59%	37.22%	39.11%	38.05%	36.48%	22.70%	19.33%	25.45%	26.29%	7.09%	37.16%	52.31%	37.40%	38.29%	37.78%	35.39%	31.51%
EBITDA Margin	30.37%	36.35%	37.42%	36.18%	33.91%	38.56%	38.68%	35.49%	30.95%	37.96%	39.98%	36.50%	34.74%	40.47%	35.69%	35.51%	33.53%	37.90%	38.21%	38.74%	33.66%	41.32%	40.82%	39.44%	33.19%	39.11%	40.43%	36.97%	40.33%	41.85%	42.71%	40.84%	39.50%	43.08%	43.45%	47.40%	40.74%	44.82%	43.98%	46.93%	43.98%	46.12%	45.12%	46.36%	32.76%	42.78%	45.21%	49.40%	49.53%	52.20%	50.25%	50.04%	47.58%	48.46%	47.20%	46.03%	32.95%	30.10%	36.42%	37.03%	18.31%	48.16%	63.42%	48.71%	49.85%	48.91%	46.60%	43.38%
Operating Margin	19.71%	25.20%	27.24%	26.07%	24.80%	30.16%	30.37%	26.84%	22.90%	30.53%	32.47%	28.60%	26.71%	32.50%	27.14%	26.60%	25.24%	29.84%	30.06%	30.58%	24.80%	33.50%	33.01%	31.05%	23.61%	30.00%	30.30%	25.50%	29.88%	31.38%	32.49%	30.56%	29.40%	33.07%	33.52%	37.39%	30.73%	35.40%	34.61%	37.22%	34.01%	36.41%	35.06%	35.76%	21.64%	29.26%	33.52%	38.24%	38.46%	41.69%	39.83%	39.59%	37.22%	39.11%	38.05%	36.48%	22.70%	19.33%	25.45%	26.29%	7.09%	37.16%	52.31%	37.40%	38.29%	37.78%	35.39%	31.51%
Net Margin	9.11%	13.30%	14.69%	14.58%	11.48%	16.13%	18.12%	16.81%	12.40%	19.43%	19.18%	17.16%	14.70%	18.23%	14.93%	15.39%	16.44%	16.60%	17.07%	17.81%	13.69%	18.47%	18.49%	17.80%	12.08%	15.96%	16.66%	14.34%	15.99%	16.50%	18.23%	16.71%	16.82%	18.85%	18.95%	148.67%	20.32%	24.50%	23.82%	24.24%	23.84%	24.68%	23.13%	24.76%	14.51%	18.80%	22.71%	26.08%	25.50%	29.26%	26.40%	26.65%	24.12%	25.20%	28.66%	24.41%	14.88%	11.95%	16.09%	17.15%	1.76%	24.21%	36.02%	24.24%	25.06%	24.69%	22.91%	21.65%
FCF Margin	5.71%	-1.83%	18.37%	4.99%	22.43%	12.80%	16.61%	0.96%	8.74%	20.34%	17.96%	-9.44%	20.58%	4.21%	9.62%	-4.84%	12.56%	9.92%	11.05%	6.00%	7.70%	13.84%	11.21%	-5.92%	9.31%	13.86%	-6.78%	3.65%	19.88%	0.77%	20.13%	5.58%	15.84%	10.81%	17.12%	14.24%	15.94%	19.22%	19.27%	7.49%	14.58%	19.11%	18.66%	13.75%	22.44%	20.82%	27.57%	16.67%	28.42%	25.72%	28.68%	17.43%	20.75%	17.51%	28.96%	4.08%	23.79%	5.13%	3.94%	-5.30%	-26.73%	34.00%	38.12%	9.13%	16.74%	19.36%	23.20%	11.23%
Efficiency
Inventory Average			0.18B	0.17B	0.17B	0.18B	0.18B	0.17B	0.18B	0.20B	0.21B	0.21B	0.22B	0.23B	0.24B	0.23B	0.23B	0.24B	0.23B	0.22B	0.23B	0.25B	0.25B	0.24B	0.25B	0.27B	0.28B	0.28B	0.29B	0.31B	0.30B	0.28B	0.27B	0.28B	0.27B	0.23B	0.23B	0.25B	0.26B	0.24B	0.22B	0.24B	0.26B	0.26B	0.25B	0.26B	0.25B	0.23B	0.23B	0.24B	0.24B	0.23B	0.24B	0.28B	0.28B	0.26B	0.26B	0.27B	0.29B	0.28B	0.27B	0.29B	0.30B	0.28B	0.28B	0.29B	0.30B	0.28B
Assets Average			26.85B	27.22B	27.55B	27.68B	27.85B	28.13B	27.96B	28.10B	28.39B	28.42B	28.96B	29.28B	29.52B	30.09B	30.47B	30.60B	30.98B	31.92B	32.59B	32.87B	33.12B	33.20B	32.99B	33.04B	33.42B	33.83B	33.96B	34.06B	34.48B	34.76B	35.02B	35.03B	35.04B	35.43B	35.94B	35.98B	36.05B	36.28B	36.65B	37.12B	37.34B	37.71B	37.68B	37.70B	38.07B	38.07B	37.95B	38.35B	38.68B	38.55B	38.93B	39.35B	39.32B	39.10B	39.03B	39.22B	40.00B	41.20B	41.89B	42.34B	42.91B	43.47B	43.74B	43.98B	44.37B	44.91B
Equity Average			9.96B	10.21B	10.46B	10.66B	10.78B	10.73B	10.63B	10.61B	10.44B	10.08B	9.86B	9.80B	9.77B	9.76B	9.94B	10.15B	10.24B	10.79B	11.49B	11.88B	12.26B	12.42B	12.28B	12.12B	12.10B	12.16B	12.21B	12.25B	12.33B	12.40B	12.47B	12.59B	12.69B	14.54B	16.39B	16.49B	16.02B	15.42B	15.35B	15.32B	15.27B	15.21B	15.03B	14.87B	14.90B	14.87B	14.72B	14.48B	14.10B	13.76B	13.55B	13.31B	13.09B	12.88B	12.73B	12.68B	12.63B	12.70B	12.66B	12.76B	13.38B	14.05B	14.41B	14.65B	14.96B	15.34B
Invested Capital		10.25B	10.45B	17.41B	11.21B	4.07B	17.72B	17.59B	17.22B	17.61B	17.09B	17.35B	17.83B	17.78B	18.25B	18.24B	18.59B	18.66B	19.24B	20.64B	21.05B	21.32B	21.36B	21.29B	21.09B	21.47B	21.52B	22.08B	21.62B	22.37B	22.50B	22.52B	22.65B	22.54B	22.61B	26.09B	26.66B	17.06B	15.98B	26.51B	15.92B	15.71B	15.64B	27.38B	15.28B	14.95B	15.03B	27.47B	15.14B	15.37B	14.45B	27.48B	14.61B	13.76B	13.63B	27.91B	13.13B	13.04B	13.02B	29.96B	12.94B	13.38B	14.34B	31.51B	15.07B	15.69B	15.75B	32.63B
Asset Utilization Ratio			0.31	0.29	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.38	0.37	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.34	0.33	0.31	0.31	0.30	0.29	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.30	0.29	0.27	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.30	0.31	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.31	0.30	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.27
Leverage & Solvency
Interest Coverage Ratio	3.27	4.14	4.76	4.61	4.66	6.37	6.60	5.58	5.36	7.74	8.23	6.90	6.21	7.66	5.90	5.53	5.36	6.53	6.48	6.43	4.80	7.33	7.23	6.91	4.59	6.07	6.00	4.52	5.20	5.58	5.69	5.36	5.33	6.23	6.68	7.45	6.14	7.83	7.18	7.28	6.48	6.96	6.64	6.33	3.69	3.91	5.42	6.15	6.51	7.25	6.93	6.84	6.46	7.48	7.19	6.67	4.06	3.39	4.15	4.14	1.06	5.54	7.86	5.68	5.76	5.85	5.57	4.81
Debt to Equity		0.72	0.70	0.68	0.67	0.62	0.64	0.65	0.62	0.66	0.67	0.76	0.82	0.82	0.87	0.88	0.84	0.83	0.87	0.83	0.80	0.77	0.72	0.72	0.73	0.78	0.77	0.81	0.78	0.82	0.82	0.81	0.81	0.78	0.78	0.60	0.62	0.58	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.75	0.75	0.80	0.82	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.96	1.00	1.01	1.10	1.14	1.16	1.18	1.18	1.19	1.31	1.34	1.40	1.34	1.25	1.20	1.19	1.17	1.13	1.10
Debt Ratio		0.27	0.26	0.26	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.24	0.26	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.28	0.29	0.28	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.28	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.27	0.31	0.31	0.30	0.31	0.31	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.41	0.41	0.42	0.41	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.38	0.38
Equity Ratio		0.37	0.37	0.38	0.38	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.36	0.35	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.35	0.36	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.46	0.45	0.46	0.43	0.42	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.37	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.30	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.34	0.34
Times Interest Earned	3.27	4.14	4.76	4.61	4.66	6.37	6.60	5.58	5.36	7.74	8.23	6.90	6.21	7.66	5.90	5.53	5.36	6.53	6.48	6.43	4.80	7.33	7.23	6.91	4.59	6.07	6.00	4.52	5.20	5.58	5.69	5.36	5.33	6.23	6.68	7.45	6.14	7.83	7.18	7.28	6.48	6.96	6.64	6.33	3.69	3.91	5.42	6.15	6.51	7.25	6.93	6.84	6.46	7.48	7.19	6.67	4.06	3.39	4.15	4.14	1.06	5.54	7.86	5.68	5.76	5.85	5.57	4.81
Dividends & Payouts
FCF Payout Ratio	1.13	-3.68	0.33	1.20	0.25	0.41	0.32	5.65	0.62	0.24	0.29	-0.55	0.27	1.26	0.61	-1.21	0.46	0.57	0.52	0.93	0.81	0.40	0.52	-1.04	0.76	0.48	-0.96	1.91	0.37	9.16	0.34	1.24	0.43	0.62	0.38	0.46	0.47	0.36	0.39	1.00	0.56	0.41	0.47	0.66	0.41	0.55	0.35	0.55	0.33	0.34	0.33	0.53	0.49	0.52	0.30	2.17	0.41	2.01	2.61	-1.87	-0.38	0.29	0.26	1.11	0.61	0.50	0.42	0.91
Valuation
Enterprise Value	-0.88B	-0.72B	-1.00B	-1.09B	-1.39B	-1.06B	-1.36B	-1.11B	-0.49B	-0.91B	-0.39B	-0.30B	-0.83B	-0.37B	-0.71B	-0.67B	-0.69B	-0.59B	-1.00B	-1.56B	-1.53B	-1.67B	-1.43B	-0.97B	-0.52B	-0.89B	-0.43B	-1.10B	-0.59B	-0.87B	-0.98B	-0.96B	-0.95B	-0.64B	-0.72B	-0.69B	-1.07B	-0.43B	-0.73B	-0.36B	-0.41B	-0.27B	-0.45B	-0.58B	-0.61B	-1.14B	-1.36B	-1.11B	-1.00B	-1.67B	-1.47B	-0.84B	-1.57B	-1.26B	-1.21B	-0.46B	-0.55B	-0.56B	-1.51B	-1.57B	-0.65B	-0.66B	-0.97B	-1.64B	-1.01B	-1.30B	-1.42B	-1.53B
Return Ratios
Return on Sales	0.09%	0.13%	0.15%	0.15%	0.11%	0.16%	0.18%	0.17%	0.12%	0.19%	0.19%	0.17%	0.15%	0.18%	0.15%	0.15%	0.16%	0.17%	0.17%	0.18%	0.14%	0.18%	0.18%	0.18%	0.12%	0.16%	0.17%	0.14%	0.16%	0.17%	0.18%	0.17%	0.17%	0.19%	0.19%	1.49%	0.20%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.24%	0.25%	0.23%	0.25%	0.15%	0.19%	0.23%	0.26%	0.26%	0.29%	0.26%	0.27%	0.24%	0.25%	0.29%	0.24%	0.15%	0.12%	0.16%	0.17%	0.02%	0.24%	0.36%	0.24%	0.25%	0.25%	0.23%	0.22%
Return on Capital Employed			0.09%	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.10%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.10%	0.09%	0.08%	0.08%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.12%	0.10%	0.09%	0.07%	0.06%	0.08%	0.10%	0.10%	0.12%	0.13%	0.11%	0.11%
Return on Invested Capital			0.14%	0.09%	0.09%	0.19%	0.15%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%	0.11%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%	0.11%	0.11%	0.10%	0.10%	0.09%	0.08%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.09%	0.25%	0.24%	0.30%	0.41%	0.14%	0.15%	0.20%	0.20%	0.14%	0.13%	0.17%	0.16%	0.11%	0.13%	0.21%	0.22%	0.16%	0.17%	0.25%	0.28%	0.18%	0.17%	0.23%	0.19%	0.10%	0.09%	0.18%	0.21%	0.14%	0.17%	0.25%	0.22%	0.14%
Return on Assets			0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.07%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.15%	0.15%	0.16%	0.16%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.07%	0.06%	0.06%	0.05%	0.05%	0.06%	0.07%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.05%	0.04%	0.03%	0.04%	0.06%	0.06%	0.08%	0.08%	0.07%	0.06%
Return on Equity			0.12%	0.10%	0.11%	0.12%	0.13%	0.14%	0.15%	0.16%	0.18%	0.19%	0.20%	0.20%	0.19%	0.18%	0.18%	0.17%	0.18%	0.18%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.16%	0.15%	0.14%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.13%	0.14%	0.14%	0.15%	0.37%	0.34%	0.35%	0.37%	0.17%	0.18%	0.18%	0.18%	0.18%	0.16%	0.14%	0.13%	0.14%	0.16%	0.19%	0.21%	0.22%	0.22%	0.23%	0.25%	0.25%	0.24%	0.20%	0.17%	0.14%	0.11%	0.14%	0.18%	0.19%	0.23%	0.23%	0.20%	0.19%

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