Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported $12.2B in revenue for fiscal 2025, +0.5% year on year. That ranks #442 by revenue among 2853 SEC filers and #74 in Industrials. Net income was $2.9B, a net margin of 23.6%. Revenue has grown 0.6% a year on average since 2011 ($11.2B then). The fiscal 2025 balance sheet shows $45.2B in total assets, $1.5B in cash and $16.5B in long-term debt.
Key figures
| Key figures | FY2025 | YoY | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueRevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $12.2B | +0.5% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Gross profit | Not reported | — | |
| Operating incomeOperatingIncomeLoss | $4.4B | +7.0% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Net incomeNetIncomeLoss | $2.9B | +9.6% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Operating cash flowNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $4.4B | +7.6% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Capital expenditurePaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $2.2B | −7.4% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Total assetsAssets | $45.2B | +3.6% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Shareholders' equityStockholdersEquity | $15.5B | +8.7% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| CashCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $1.5B | −6.8% | FY20252025-12-31 |
| Long-term debtLongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $16.5B | −1.0% | FY20252025-12-31 |
Revenue is total net sales for the fiscal year, taken from each company's own annual filing.
Reported since the last full year
Three-month figures this company has filed since FY2025. A quarter is not comparable with a full year, and these figures are used nowhere else on the site: not in any ranking, not in comparisons, not in the download.
| Quarter | Revenue | Net income | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 20262026-03-31 | $3.0B | $547M | Open → |
| Q2 20262026-06-30 | $3.5B | $734M | Open → |
Only periods that end on a calendar quarter appear here. A company whose fiscal year ends in June files on a different calendar, so it has no row.
Where this sits in its sector
Each bar is the spread of the whole sector: the box covers the middle half of companies, the line inside it the median, and the triangle this company. The axis is clipped at the 5th and 95th percentile so a single outlier does not flatten it.
| Where this sits in its sector | FY2025 | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|
| Net marginRank 14 of 323 companies compared | 23.6% | |
| Operating marginRank 9 of 316 companies compared | 35.8% | |
| Cash as share of revenueRank 94 of 322 companies compared | 12.6% |
All four are ratios derived from two reported lines, not single filing items. Peer group: companies in the same sector with revenue of $1bn or more; loss-making companies are included.
Profile
- Legal name
- Norfolk Southern Corp
- Ticker
- NSC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- SIC classification
- Railroads, Line-Haul Operating (4011)
- Fiscal year end
- 12-31
- CIK
- 0000702165
Filings
- 10-QJul 23, 2026Open filing →
- 10-QApr 24, 2026Open filing →
- 10-KFeb 9, 2026Open filing →
Similar in size, same sector
| Company | Revenue | Net income |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian National RailwayCNI | $12.4B | $3.4B |
| Crown HoldingsCCK | $12.4B | $738M |
| AirbnbABNB | $12.2B | $2.5B |
| Norfolk SouthernNSC | $12.2B | $2.9B |
| Jacobs SolutionsJ | $12.0B | $289M |
| Hunt J B Transport ServicesJBHT | $12.0B | $598M |
| Booz Allen HamiltonBAH | $11.2B | $850M |
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Wikipedia
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001628280-26-006268 · February 9, 2026
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