---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-028244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NSC"
cik: "0000702165"
company_name: "NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:41:30.317663+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norfolk Southern Q4 adj. EPS $3.22 (+6%); revenue $3.0B (-2%); OR 65.3%

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $3.0B (-2% YoY); volume down 4%. Income from railway ops $937M (-17%).
- Adjusted Q4 income from railway ops $1.0B (-3%); adjusted operating ratio 65.3% vs 62.6% reported.
- Adjusted Q4 diluted EPS $3.22, up $0.18 (+6%) from adjusted Q4 2024.
- Full year revenue $12.2B; adjusted diluted EPS $12.49, up 5% YoY; operating ratio improved 80 bps adj.
- Exceeded productivity target: $215M in annual savings; repurchased 2.2M shares for $533M in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-028244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NSC
- cik: 0000702165
- company_name: NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312526028244/0001193125-26-028244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/702165/000119312526028244/nsc-20260129.htm

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