Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) Profit Margins
Over the twelve months to 2026-09-30, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC) had operating margin 31.5%, net margin 20.7%, free cash flow margin 12.7%, according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-09-30 · read by EquiReason
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- Market cap
- 74.1B
- P/E TTM
- 27.7
- Dividend yield
- 1.6%
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- Next earnings
- 27 Jan, in 95 days
| Line | FY2009 Dec 09 | FY2010 Dec 10 | FY2011 Dec 11 | FY2012 Dec 12 | FY2013 Dec 13 | FY2014 Dec 14 | FY2015 Dec 15 | FY2016 Dec 16 | FY2017 Dec 17 | FY2018 Dec 18 | FY2019 Dec 19 | FY2020 Dec 20 | FY2021 Dec 21 | FY2022 Dec 22 | FY2023 Dec 23 | FY2024 Dec 24 | FY2025 Dec 25 | TTM Sep 26 | Trend |
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| Operating margin | 24.6% | 28.1% | 28.8% | 28.3% | 29.0% | 30.8% | 27.4% | 30.4% | 33.4% | 34.6% | 35.3% | 30.7% | 39.9% | 37.7% | 23.5% | 33.6% | 35.8% | 31.5% | |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 15.7% | 17.2% | 15.8% | 17.0% | 17.2% | 14.8% | 16.9% | 51.2% | 23.3% | 24.1% | 20.6% | 27.0% | 25.7% | 15.0% | 21.6% | 23.6% | 20.7% | |
| FCF margin | 7.0% | 13.1% | 9.6% | 7.5% | 9.8% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 11.6% | 14.5% | 15.5% | 16.6% | 21.9% | 25.0% | 17.8% | 6.8% | 0.2% | 17.7% | 12.7% |
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Norfolk Southern Corporation — questions
- What is Norfolk Southern Corporation's operating margin?
- 31.5% over the twelve months to 2026-09-30.
- What is Norfolk Southern Corporation's net profit margin?
- 20.7% over the twelve months to 2026-09-30.
Every figure on this page comes from Norfolk Southern Corporation's own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.