Company Analysis

Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC)

NYSE: NSC · Railroads, Line-Haul Operating · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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◀ Past 4.4● Present 3.9▶ Future 5.5

Income statement, as filed

In millions of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in millions. The fiscal year ends in December.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017FY 2016
Period endingDec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2017Dec 31, 2016
Report filedFeb 9, 2026Feb 10, 2025Feb 5, 2024Feb 3, 2023Feb 4, 2022Feb 4, 2021Feb 6, 2020Feb 8, 2019Feb 5, 2018Feb 6, 2017
Revenue12,18012,12312,15612,74511,1429,78911,29611,45810,5519,888
Total operating expenses·······7,4997,029r6,879r
Total costs and expenses7,8248,0529,3057,9366,6956,7877,3077,4997,029·
Operating income4,3564,0712,8514,8094,4473,0023,9893,9593,522r3,009r
Interest expense792807722692646625604557550563
Interest and investment income········1310
Other income (expense), net10165191137715310667156r136r
Income before income taxes3,6653,3292,3204,1303,8782,5303,4913,4693,1282,582
Income tax expense792707493860873517769803-2,276914
Net income including non-controlling interests·······2,6665,4041,668
Net income2,8732,6221,8273,2703,0052,0132,7222,6665,404·
Net income to common shareholders2,8702,6191,8243,2683,0032,0102,7172,6605,4001,663
Earnings per share, basic12.7611.588.0413.9212.167.8810.329.5818.765.66
Earnings per share, diluted12.7511.578.0213.8812.117.8410.259.5118.615.62
Weighted average shares, basic225.0226.1226.9234.8246.9255.1263.3277.7287.9293.9
Weighted average shares, diluted225.3226.4227.4235.6248.1256.6265.6280.2290.3296.0
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
us-gaap:Revenues
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Total costs and expenses every operating cost, the cost of revenue includedus-gaap:CostsAndExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
us-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
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