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Norfolk Southern NSC Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin33.5%-7.8pp35.8%+2.2pp37.2%+6.4pp41.5%+17.4pp41.3%+21.8pp
Net margin21.9%-5.5pp23.6%+2.0pp24.2%+4.4pp27.5%+12.7pp27.4%+15.6pp
Returns
Return on equity17.6%-6.9pp19.2%-0.1pp20.5%+2.2pp24.1%+10.1pp24.5%+13.3pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.9×+0.1×0.8×-0.1×0.9×+0.1×0.8×+0.2×0.8×+0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$70.24+9.6%$67.38+10.7%$65.66+14.5%$64.07+15.6%
Valuation
Market capitalization$64.43B+20.2%$64.78B+22.0%$67.4B+20.0%$58.04B+19.8%$53.58B-7.3%
Price / earnings24.1×+8.0×22.5×+2.3×22.8×-0.5×17.3×-9.7×16.1×-24.8×
Price / sales5.3×+0.9×5.3×+0.9×5.5×+0.9×4.8×+0.8×4.4×-0.4×
Price / book4.1×+0.4×4.2×+0.5×4.5×+0.4×3.9×+0.2×3.7×-0.9×
Dividend yield1.9%-0.4pp1.9%-0.4pp1.8%-0.4pp2.1%-0.4pp2.3%+0.2pp

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