Norfolk Southern Corp

LTS : 0K8M
USA·Industrials·Transportation·Ordinary Shares
$323.90
−10.72 (−3.43%)Oct 16 close
Market Cap
$72.74B
Enterprise Value
$88.51B
P/E (TTM)
25.48
P/B
4.69
Net Cash / (Debt)
−$15.78B
52-Week Range
$279 — $355
5-Year Range
$185 — $355
Avg Volume (3M)
283
Dividend Yield (TTM)
0.83%
vs 5Y avg 1.97% · 10Y avg 1.80%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
1.67%
4 payments/yr (spacing)
Dividends / Share (TTM)
$2.70
Forward (annualized): $5.40
Payout Ratio (EPS, TTM)
42.4%
Payout Ratio (FCF, TTM)
56.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y / 5Y / 10Y)
3Y2.9%5Y7.5%10Y—
Consecutive Growth Years
0
as of 2025
Years Without a Cut
7
as of 2025
Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
2.57%
Div 1.79% + Net buyback 0.79%

Growth, streak and CAGR figures exclude special dividends.

Dividends per share

Cash dividends, split-adjusted · USD

Payout ratio

Dividends per share ÷ diluted EPS and ÷ free cash flow per share, by fiscal year.

Dividend yield

Trailing-twelve-month dividends ÷ month-end price.

Capital returns

Net buybacks = repurchases − stock issuance, fiscal-year cash flows. SBC shown for dilution context.

Total Shareholder Yield (TTM)
2.6%
Dividends 1.8% + Net buybacks 0.8%
Net Buyback (TTM)
$534M
Gross $534M − Issuance $0
SBC (TTM)
$0
Share-based compensation, dilution driver
Net share-count change % / yr

Annual dividend growth

Dividend growth is decelerating (0.0% latest vs 9.4% 3-yr avg).

YearDPS (regular sum, USD)ChangeHikes
20255.400.0%0
20245.400.0%0
20235.40+8.9%1
20224.96+19.2%1
20214.16+10.6%2
20203.76+4.4%0
20193.60+18.4%2
20183.04—1

Special dividends are excluded from these figures. Based on 33 regular payments.

Payment history (33 payments)

Δ%TypeFrequencyDeclarationRecordPay date
2026-02-06$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2026-02-062026-02-20
2025-11-07$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2025-11-072025-11-20
2025-08-01$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2025-08-012025-08-20
2025-05-02$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2025-05-022025-05-20
2025-02-07$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2025-02-072025-02-20
2024-11-01$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2024-11-012024-11-20
2024-08-02$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2024-08-022024-08-20
2024-05-02$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2024-05-032024-05-20
2024-02-01$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2024-02-022024-02-20
2023-11-02$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2023-11-032023-11-20
2023-08-03$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2023-08-042023-08-21
2023-05-04$1.350.0%Cashquarterly-2023-05-052023-05-20
2023-02-02$1.35+8.9%Cashquarterly-2023-02-032023-02-21
2022-11-03$1.240.0%Cashquarterly-2022-11-042022-11-21
2022-08-05$1.240.0%Cashquarterly-2022-08-082022-08-20
2022-05-05$1.240.0%Cashquarterly-2022-05-062022-05-20
2022-02-03$1.24+13.8%Cashquarterly-2022-02-042022-02-21
2021-11-04$1.090.0%Cashquarterly-2021-11-052021-11-19
2021-08-06$1.09+10.1%Cashquarterly-2021-08-092021-08-20
2021-05-06$0.990.0%Cashquarterly-2021-05-072021-05-20
2021-02-04$0.99+5.3%Cashquarterly-2021-02-052021-03-10
2020-11-05$0.940.0%Cashquarterly-2020-11-062020-12-10
2020-08-06$0.940.0%Cashquarterly-2020-08-072020-09-10
2020-05-07$0.940.0%Cashquarterly-2020-05-082020-06-10
2020-02-06$0.940.0%Cashquarterly-2020-02-072020-03-10
2019-10-31$0.940.0%Cashquarterly-2019-11-012019-12-10
2019-08-02$0.94+9.3%Cashquarterly-2019-08-052019-09-10
2019-05-02$0.860.0%Cashquarterly-2019-05-032019-06-10
2019-02-01$0.86+7.5%Cashquarterly-2019-02-042019-03-11
2018-11-01$0.80.0%Cashquarterly-2018-11-022018-12-10
2018-08-03$0.8+11.1%Cashquarterly-2018-08-062018-09-10
2018-05-03$0.720.0%Cashquarterly-2018-05-042018-06-11
2018-02-01$0.72–Cashquarterly-2018-02-022018-03-10
No splits on record.