Norfolk Southern NSC Interest coverage
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Norfolk Southern’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Norfolk Southern’s 10-Q, filed April 24, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Norfolk Southern's interest coverage?
- Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported interest coverage of 5.2× in Q1 2026.
- How has Norfolk Southern's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- Norfolk Southern's interest coverage decreased by 16.8% year-over-year, from 6.2× to 5.2×.
- What is the long-term trend for Norfolk Southern's interest coverage?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Norfolk Southern's interest coverage has grown at a -1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 25.4× to 23.7×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.