Dividends paid · 2011–2025

Norfolk Southern dividends paid

$1.2B−0.5% · FY2025

Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported $1.2B in dividends paid for fiscal 2025, −0.5% year on year.

$576M2011$624M2012$637M2013$687M2014$713M2015$695M2016$703M2017$844M2018$949M2019$960M2020$1.0B2021$1.2B2022$1.2B2023$1.2B2024$1.2B2025
Norfolk Southern — Dividends paid, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearDividends paidChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.2B−0.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.2B−0.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.2B+5.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.2B+13.5%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.0B+7.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$960M+1.2%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$949M+12.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$844M+20.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$703M+1.2%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$695M−2.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$713M+3.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$687M+7.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$637M+2.1%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$624M+8.3%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$576M—Open →

Dividends paid — Dividends paid is the cash that actually left the company for shareholders during the year, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. It is a total in dollars, not a per-share rate or a yield — a yield needs a share price, which this site does not carry.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +5.5%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Norfolk Southern dividends paid}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001628280-26-006268 · February 9, 2026

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