Long-term debt · 2011–2025

Norfolk Southern long-term debt

$16.5B−1.0% · FY2025

Norfolk Southern (NSC) reported $16.5B in long-term debt for fiscal 2025, −1.0% year on year.

$7.4B2011$8.5B2012$9.3B2013$8.9B2014$9.9B2015$10.1B2016$9.7B2017$10.6B2018$11.9B2019$12.1B2020$13.3B2021$14.5B2022$17.2B2023$16.7B2024$16.5B2025
Norfolk Southern — Long-term debt, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearLong-term debtChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$16.5B−1.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$16.7B−3.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$17.2B+18.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$14.5B+9.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$13.3B+9.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$12.1B+1.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$11.9B+12.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$10.6B+8.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$9.7B−3.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$10.1B+2.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$9.9B+11.3%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$8.9B−5.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$9.3B+10.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$8.5B+14.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$7.4B—Open →

Long-term debt — Long-term debt is borrowing due more than a year out. A large figure is normal for capital-intensive businesses and says nothing on its own about financial health.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +5.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Norfolk Southern long-term debt. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/norfolk-southern/long-term-debt

BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Norfolk Southern long-term debt}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/norfolk-southern/long-term-debt}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-Q · 0001628280-26-049326 · July 23, 2026

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