Norfolk Southern's ROE per quarter

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

What is ROE for Norfolk Southern in the third quarter 2026?
Norfolk Southern Corp achieved a return on average equity (ROE) of 16.68 % in its third quarter 2026, which is below Norfolk Southern's average return on equity, which stands at 17.57%.

ROE fell compared to the second quarter 2026, despite the net income growth of 3.55% from the second quarter 2026.

Within the Railroads industry 3 other companies had a higher return on equity. While return on equity, the total ranking has deteriorated compared to the second quarter 2026 from 775 to 782.

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Return On Equity	(Sep 30 2026) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter
Y / Y Equity Change	10.49 %	9.91 %	8.91 %	8.67 %	-
Y / Y Net Income Change	6.75 %	-4.56 %	-27.07 %	-12.14 %	-35.3 %
Net Income (TTM) in Millions	2,683	2,635	2,670	2,873	2,962
Return On Equity (TTM)	16.68 %	16.8 %	17.43 %	19.16 %	20.17 %
NSC's Total Ranking	# 782	# 775	# 631	# 508	# 515
Equity (TTM) in Millions	16,730	16,253	15,804	15,547	15,141
Seq. Equity Change	2.93 %	2.84 %	1.65 %	2.68 %	2.39 %
Seq. Net Income Change	3.55 %	34 %	-15.06 %	-9.42 %	-7.42 %

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Return On Equity Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 4
Sector	# 15
Overall	# 782

Return On Equity Statistics
High	Average	Low
39.83 %	17.57 %	10.34 %
(Dec 31 2017)		(Dec. 30, 2009)

NSC Annual Return On Equity	(Dec 31 2025) 2025	(Dec 31 2024) 2024	(Dec 31 2023) 2023	(Dec 31 2022) 2022	(Dec 31 2021) 2021
Total Equity in Millions	15,547	14,306	12,781	12,733	13,641
Y / Y Equity Change	8.67 %	11.93 %	0.38 %	-6.66 %	-7.77 %
Net Income in Millions	2,873	2,622	1,827	3,270	3,005
Y / Y Net Income Change	9.57 %	43.51 %	-44.13 %	8.82 %	49.28 %
Return On Equity	18.48 %	18.33 %	14.29 %	25.68 %	22.03 %

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Annual Roe Comment

In 2025 ROE improved to 18.48 % compared to the previous year, due to net income growth.

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Companies with similar Return On Equity at Sep 30 2026, within Transportation Sector	ROE
C h Robinson Worldwide Inc	39.59 %
Union Pacific Corp	37.82 %
Trinity Industries Inc	28.66 %
Csx Corporation	25.94 %
United Airlines Holdings Inc	21.81 %
Landstar System Inc	19.67 %
J b Hunt Transport Services Inc	18.71 %
Norfolk Southern Corp	16.68 %
Republic Airways Holdings Inc	16.09 %
Delta Air Lines Inc	15.38 %
Skywest Inc	14.95 %
Southwest Airlines Co	14.39 %
Fedex Corporation	12.56 %
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation	12.20 %
Saia Inc	10.53 %
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd	8.12 %
Schneider National Inc	4.65 %
The Greenbrier Companies Inc	4.63 %

Date modified: 2026-10-23T15:26:57+00:00

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