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Norfolk Southern Corporation· NSC

🇺🇸 US · LargeSP500NYSE

Industrials Railroads Website

Price: $340.95
Day: -1.37%
Mkt Cap: $76.58B
52W Range: $277.80 – $358.60
Volume: 679.9K
Beta: 1.19

D15D Framework

Quality Analysis

Ten core pillars of fundamental strength over a decade.

Business Quality: 2.9 / 5 (Adequate), from 10 of 10 pillars, FY2016-2025
Pillars: strongest Margin Efficiency 4.0, weakest Liquidity & Working Capital 1.8
FY2025: revenue $12.2B, net income $2.9B

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Business Quality

NSC Business Quality Score

Comprehensive financial health assessment, 2016–2025 (10 years).

Business Quality

2.9/5

Adequate

vs Adequate financial performance

Pillar Scores (10 of 10 available)

Returns Overview

2.3

Weak

18%

Margin Efficiency

4.0

Strong

16%

Cash Flow Quality

3.8

Strong

14%

Top Line Growth

2.0

Weak

12%

Operational Efficiency

3.8

Strong

10%

Leverage & Coverage

2.5

Adequate

Valuation Multiples

1.8

Weak

Dividend Metrics

3.0

Adequate

Per-Share Fundamentals

3.0

Adequate

Liquidity & Working Capital

1.8

Weak

Business Quality Score of 2.9/5 (Adequate) across 10 of 10 pillars; hover a tile for its metrics. How the score works.Based on 2016–2025 (10 years).Last updated November 4, 2026.

Top-Line and Profit Growth

Is the company consistently growing revenue, EBIT, EBITDA, and net income?

Top-Line and Profit Trends

Revenue (2016–2025, 10 years)

Growth Metrics

Regression growth rate 2016–2025

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Margin Efficiency

Are gross, operating, EBITDA, and net margins improving?

Profit Margin Trends

Gross Margin (2016–2025, 10 years)

Margin Metrics

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Operational Efficiency

Is the company using its assets efficiently and optimizing cash conversion?

Operational Efficiency Trends

Asset Turnover (2016–2025, 10 years)

Efficiency Summary

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Returns Overview

Are ROA, ROE, ROIC, and ROCE at or above target levels?

Returns Trends

ROA (2016–2025, 10 years)

Return Metrics

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Cash Flow Quality

Is the company generating strong operating and free cash flow?

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow (2016–2025, 10 years)

Cash Flow Quality

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Liquidity and Working Capital

Does the company maintain adequate liquidity and efficient working capital?

Liquidity and Working Capital Trends

Cash Ratio (2016–2025, 10 years)

Liquidity Summary

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Leverage and Coverage

Is debt at sustainable levels and well covered by earnings?

Leverage and Coverage Trends

Debt to Capital (2016–2025, 10 years)

Leverage Summary

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Valuation Multiples

Are valuation multiples reasonable compared to history and peers?

Valuation Trends

P / E (2016–2025, 10 years)

Valuation Summary

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Dividend and Shareholder Yield

Are dividends and shareholder returns sustainable and attractive?

Dividend and Yield Trends

Dividend Yield (2016–2025, 10 years)

Dividend Summary

Trend-adjusted values (2016–2025)

Earnings in FY2017 leave out a one-off tax charge or benefit, taxed at 21% instead; the chart and the tiles' latest-year figures show them as reported.

Norfolk Southern Corporation· NSC

Quality Analysis

Top-Line and Profit Growth

Per-Share Fundamentals

Margin Efficiency

Operational Efficiency

Returns Overview

Cash Flow Quality

Liquidity and Working Capital

Leverage and Coverage

Valuation Multiples

Dividend and Shareholder Yield

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