Norfolk Southern income statement
In fiscal 2025, Norfolk Southern reported revenue of $12.18bn, up 0.5% on the year before, operating income of $4.36bn (a 35.8% margin) and net income of $2.87bn, or $12.75 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 8.0 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 13.0 |
| Operating income | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Interest expense | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Income before tax | — | — | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| Income tax | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | −2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Net income | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Diluted EPS | $2.76 | $4.00 | $5.45 | $5.37 | $6.04 | $6.39 | $5.10 | $5.62 | $18.61 | $9.51 | $10.25 | $7.84 | $12.11 | $13.88 | $8.02 | $11.57 | $12.75 | $11.93 |
| Diluted shares (average) | 372m | 372m | — | — | — | 313m | 304m | 296m | 290m | 280m | 266m | 257m | 248m | 236m | 227m | 226m | 225m | 225m |
| EBITDA | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,024 | 2,993 | 3,110 | 3,103 | 2,974 | 2,998 | 3,465 | 3,526 |
| Operating income | 1,131 | 1,146 | 1,175 | 1,098 | 937 | 877 | 1,124 | 1,150 |
| Interest expense | 199 | 199 | 201 | 197 | 195 | 197 | 197 | 193 |
| Income before tax | 928 | 978 | 998 | 924 | 765 | 715 | 959 | 987 |
| Income tax | 195 | 228 | 230 | 213 | 121 | 168 | 225 | 228 |
| Net income | 733 | 750 | 768 | 711 | 644 | 547 | 734 | 759 |
| Diluted EPS | $3.23 | $3.31 | $3.41 | $3.16 | $2.87 | $2.43 | $3.26 | $3.37 |
| EBITDA | 1,473 | 1,492 | 1,521 | 1,446 | 1,290 | 1,229 | 1,482 | 1,513 |
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