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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Norfolk Southern (NSC)

Norfolk Southern Q1 EPS falls 27% to $2.43; revenue flat at $3.0 billion

Negative Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Norfolk Southern reported first-quarter 2026 results on April 24, 2026. Reported diluted earnings per share fell 27% to $2.43, and income from railway operations fell 23% to $877 million, reflecting a $185 million Eastern Ohio incident recovery in the prior-year quarter and $52 million in merger-related expenses. Excluding those items, adjusted EPS was $2.65, down 1%, and revenue was flat at $3.0 billion.

Key points

  • Railway operating revenues were $3.0 billion, up $5 million, or flat, on a 1% volume decline.
  • Income from railway operations was $877 million, down $269 million, or 23%; operating ratio was 70.7% versus 61.7% a year earlier.
  • Diluted EPS was $2.43 versus $3.31 in the first quarter of 2025; adjusted diluted EPS was $2.65 versus $2.69.
  • The company did not repurchase any shares in the first quarter of 2026, compared with $250 million of repurchases in the same period of 2025.

The filing

CompanyNorfolk Southern (NSC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 24, 2026, 8:05 AM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-175084

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:42 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 24, 2026.

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