Norfolk Southern Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 1/6
Norfolk Southern has a total shareholder equity of $12.5B and total debt of $18.1B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 144.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $42.1B and $29.6B respectively. Norfolk Southern's EBIT is $3.6B making its interest coverage ratio 4.8. It has cash and short-term investments of $652.0M.
Key information
144.5%
Debt to equity ratio
US$18.12b
Debt
Interest coverage ratio | 4.8x |
Cash | US$652.00m |
Equity | US$12.54b |
Total liabilities | US$29.59b |
Total assets | US$42.13b |
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Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: NFS's short term assets ($2.4B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($3.4B).
Long Term Liabilities: NFS's short term assets ($2.4B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($26.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: NFS's net debt to equity ratio (139.3%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: NFS's debt to equity ratio has increased from 76.2% to 144.5% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: NFS's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (15.7%).
Interest Coverage: NFS's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (4.8x coverage).