Norfolk Southern NSC Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Operating margin | 35.8%+2.2pp | 33.6%+10.1pp | 23.5%-14.3pp | 37.7%-2.2pp | |
| Net margin | 23.6%+2.0pp | 21.6%+6.6pp | 15%-10.6pp | 25.7%-1.3pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 47.2%+2.5pp | 44.7%+10.6pp | 34.1%-13.2pp | 47.3%-3.2pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 17.7%+3.9pp | 13.8%— | —— | 17.8%-7.2pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 19.2%-0.1pp | 19.4%+5.0pp | 14.3%-10.5pp | 24.8%+3.7pp | |
| Return on assets | 6.5%+0.3pp | 6.1%+1.6pp | 4.5%-3.9pp | 8.5%+0.6pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 25.1%-1.0pp | 26.1%+7.7pp | 18.4%-10.9pp | 29.3%+4.1pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1.2×+0.5× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1.2×+0.5× | 0.8×-0.1× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.4×-0.1× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×+0.4× | 0.2×-0.2× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.2×0.0× | -0.3×0.0× | -0.3×-0.3× | 0×+0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 5.5×+0.5× | 5×+1.1× | 3.9×-3.0× | 6.9×+0.1× | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $64.78B+22.0% | $53.1B-0.5% | $53.35B-6.5% | $57.05B-21.3% | |
| Enterprise value | $63.49B+22.7% | $51.74B-0.9% | $52.19B-8.6% | $57.1B-20.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 22.5×+2.3× | 20.3×-8.9× | 29.2×+11.8× | 17.4×-6.7× | |
| Price / sales | 5.3×+0.9× | 4.4×0.0× | 4.4×-0.1× | 4.5×-2.0× | |
| Price / book | 4.2×+0.5× | 3.7×-0.5× | 4.2×-0.3× | 4.5×-0.8× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 11×+1.5× | 9.5×-3.0× | 12.6×+3.1× | 9.5×-3.3× | |
| EV / sales | 5.2×+0.9× | 4.3×0.0× | 4.3×-0.2× | 4.5×-2.0× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.3%+0.2pp | 3.1%— | —— | 4%+0.1pp | |
| Earnings yield | 4.4%-0.5pp | 4.9%+1.5pp | 3.4%-2.3pp | 5.7%+1.6pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.9%-0.4pp | 2.3%0.0pp | 2.3%+0.3pp | 2%+0.6pp | |
| PEG ratio | 2.4×+1.9× | 0.5×— | —— | 2×+1.5× |
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- Where do Norfolk Southern's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Norfolk Southern's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
