Norfolk Southern Corp.
Norfolk Southern Corp. is classed by the SEC under Railroads, Line-Haul Operating (industry code 4011), based in Atlanta, GA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $12 billion and a profit of $2.9 billion (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a usage business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4011, Railroads, Line-Haul Operating); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 4.5 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 4.4 out of ten, present 3.9 out of ten, future 5.5 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 6.7 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 67th percentile among 6 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 3.3 out of ten. +2.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10. 33rd percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 3.1 out of ten. Share count shrank 1.5% a year. 42% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 3 purchases. 31st percentile among 4 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 4.6 out of ten. ROE 18%: 18¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar. 46th percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 3.9 out of ten. bottom 39% of 5 in its family; net margin 23.6%. 39th percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 2.6 out of ten. bottom 26% of 3 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024. 26th percentile among 3 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 7.0 out of ten. top 30% of 5 in its family for room to expand. 70th percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 3.7 out of ten. bottom 37% of 5 in its family for growth drivers. 37th percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 7.0 out of ten. top 30% of 5 in its family for expectations against reality. 70th percentile among 5 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-09 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-23 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-23 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-10-09. Filings on record since 1994. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Lines of business in fiscal 2025: Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Merchandise 63%, Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Intermodal 25%, Railway Operating Revenues Market Group Coal 12%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-09).
Who runs it
George, Mark R (President & CEO); Moore, Claiborne L (Vice President & Controller); Zampi, Jason Andrew (EVP & CFO); Barr, Brian (Chief Operating Officer); Orr, John F (EVP & Chief Operating Officer); Elkins, Claude E (EVP & Chief Commercial Officer); Bhatt, Anil (EVP & CIDO); Huffard, John C Jr (director); Anderson, Richard H (director); Clyburn, William Jr. (director); and 8 more. 18 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-10-09.
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