Norfolk Southern's ROA from the second quarter of 2026 to the second quarter of 2025 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is Norfolk Southern's ROA in the second quarter of 2026?
Norfolk Southern Corp achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 5.87 % in its second quarter of 2026, which is below Norfolk Southern's average return on assets, which stands at 6.42%.

ROA fell compared to the first quarter of 2026, despite the net income growth of 34% from the first quarter of 2026.

However, within the Transportation sector 16 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the Jun 30 2026 quarter, so far to 1039, from total ROA ranking in the first quarter of 2026 at 1123.

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Return On Assets	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2025) II. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	0.93 %	3 %	3.56 %	3.06 %	3.75 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	-4.56 %	-27.07 %	-12.14 %	-35.3 %	4.21 %
Net Income (TTM) in million	2,635	2,670	2,873	2,962	3,350
Return On Assets (TTM)	5.87 %	5.96 %	6.46 %	6.72 %	7.66 %
NSC's Total Ranking	# 1039	# 1123	# 915	# 824	# 826
Total Assets (TTM) in million	44,567	45,113	45,236	44,580	44,155
Seq. Total Assets Change	-1.21 %	-0.27 %	1.47 %	0.96 %	0.81 %
Seq. Net Income Change	34 %	-15.06 %	-9.42 %	-7.42 %	2.4 %

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 4
Sector	# 17
Overall	# 1048

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
16.48 %	6.42 %	3.45 %
(Sep 30 2018)		(Mar 31 2024)

Financial Statements
Norfolk Southern's Assets	$ 44,567 million	NSC's Balance sheet
Norfolk Southern's Income	$ 733 million	Quarterly NSC's Income Statement
NSC's Income by Division		See NSC's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(Dec 31 2025) FY 2025	(Dec 31 2024) FY 2024	(Dec 31 2023) FY 2023	(Dec 31 2022) FY 2022	(Dec 31 2021) FY 2021
Y / Y Total Assets Change	12.92 %	4.87 %	7.12 %	1.02 %	1.4 %
Total Assets in million	49,325	43,682	41,652	38,885	38,493
Y / Y Net Income Change	9.57 %	43.51 %	-44.13 %	8.82 %	49.28 %
Net Income in million	2,873	2,622	1,827	3,270	3,005
Annual Return On Assets	5.82 %	6 %	4.39 %	8.41 %	7.81 %

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Comment on NSC's ROA in the fiscal year ending 2025

In the fiscal year 2025 ROA deteriorated to 5.82 %, despite annual net income growth of 9.57 % to $2,873.00 million, from $2,622.00 million a year ago, as NSC's assets increase to $49,325.00 million, by 9.57 %.

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Companies with similar Return On Assets at Jun 30 2026, within Transportation Sector	ROA
C h Robinson Worldwide Inc	11.86 %
Union Pacific Corp	10.50 %
J b Hunt Transport Services Inc	8.46 %
Massimo Group	8.40 %
Saia Inc	7.79 %
Csx Corporation	7.33 %
Republic Airways Holdings Inc	6.91 %
United Parcel Service Inc	6.36 %
Norfolk Southern Corp	5.85 %
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation	5.67 %
Skywest Inc	5.58 %
Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd	5.25 %
Fedex Corporation	4.79 %
Delta Air Lines Inc	4.76 %
Bristow Group Inc	4.45 %
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd	4.41 %
United Airlines Holdings Inc	4.39 %
Radiant Logistics Inc	4.29 %
Trinity Industries Inc	4.17 %
Genco Shipping and Trading Limited	3.41 %
Southwest Airlines Co	2.87 %
Brink s Co	2.64 %
The Greenbrier Companies Inc	2.54 %
Schneider National Inc	2.26 %
Marten Transport Ltd	1.32 %

Date modified: 2026-09-05T06:59:34+00:00

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