Dividends

NSCNorfolk Southern

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+1.8% today · +16.6% over a year

5/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 43% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 27.3). Dividend yield 1.66%.

Norfolk Southern (NSC) dividends: trailing yield 1.66%, Dividend Safety 58/100, not lowered for 10 years, 5-year growth 5.4% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.66%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.66%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$5.40
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
58 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.66% → 1.36%
Forward
1.66% → 1.36%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.36%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+5.4%
Years without a lower dividend
10
Years without a cut of over 10 %
10
Payout ratio (earnings)
45%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
74%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2017 $2.44, 2018 $3.04, 2019 $3.60, 2020 $3.76, 2021 $4.16, 2022 $4.96, 2023 $5.40, 2024 $5.40, 2025 $5.402017: $2.442018: $3.042019: $3.602020: $3.762021: $4.162022: $4.962023: $5.402024: $5.402025: $5.40

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
06 Nov 202620 Nov 2026$1.35RegularVerified2
07 Aug 202621 Aug 2026$1.35RegularVerified2
08 May 202620 May 2026$1.35RegularVerified2
06 Feb 202624 Feb 2026$1.35RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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