Norfolk Southern Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 1/6
Norfolk Southern has a total shareholder equity of $13.0B and total debt of $18.1B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 139.7%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $42.6B and $29.6B respectively. Norfolk Southern's EBIT is $4.3B making its interest coverage ratio 5.4. It has cash and short-term investments of $659.0M.
Key information
139.7%
Debt to equity ratio
US$18.13b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 5.4x |
| Cash | US$659.00m |
| Equity | US$12.98b |
| Total liabilities | US$29.58b |
| Total assets | US$42.56b |
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Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: NFS's short term assets ($2.3B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($3.7B).
Long Term Liabilities: NFS's short term assets ($2.3B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($25.9B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: NFS's net debt to equity ratio (134.6%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: NFS's debt to equity ratio has increased from 76.8% to 139.7% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: NFS's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (17.7%).
Interest Coverage: NFS's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (5.4x coverage).