NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION (NSC) FY2024 Annual Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

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NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income → Net cash from operating activities: $2,622,000,000.00Depreciation → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $1,353,000,000.00Current liabilities other than debt → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $548,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $176,000,000.00Accounts receivable → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $85,000,000.00Other current assets → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $5,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $1,430,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Gains and losses on properties: $490,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other – net: $234,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Materials and supplies: $13,000,000.00Investment sales and other transactions → investing reconciliation: $1,005,000,000.00Property sales and other transactions → investing reconciliation: $558,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Property additions: $2,381,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Acquisition of assets of CSR: $1,643,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Investment purchases: $319,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $1,199,000,000.00Proceeds from borrowings → financing reconciliation: $1,051,000,000.00Common Stock transactions → financing reconciliation: $26,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends: $1,221,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Debt repayments: $1,055,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $2,780,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $1,568,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $4,052,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,641,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $2,780,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $1,199,000,000.00Gains and losses on properties: -$490,000,000.00Asset disposal gain & loss−$490.00 MCurrent liabilities other than debt: $548,000,000.00Other operating liabilities+$548.00 MAccounts receivable: $85,000,000.00Accounts receivable+$85.00 MOther current assets: $5,000,000.00Other current assets+$5.00 MMaterials and supplies: -$13,000,000.00Materials and supplies−$13.00 MDeferred income taxes: $176,000,000.00Deferred income taxes+$176.00 MDepreciation: $1,353,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$1.35 BOther – net: -$234,000,000.00Other operating, net−$234.00 MNet income: $2,622,000,000.00Net income+$2.62 BNet cash from operating activities: $4,052,000,000.00Operating cash+$4.05 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $2,167,000,000.00Purchase and retirement of Common Stock: $0.00Debt repayments: -$1,055,000,000.00Debt & lease obligations repaid−$1.06 BCommon Stock transactions: $26,000,000.00Common Stock transactions+$26.00 MDividends: -$1,221,000,000.00Common dividends paid−$1.22 BProceeds from borrowings: $1,051,000,000.00Debt issued, net of costs+$1.05 BNet cash used in financing activities: -$1,199,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$1.20 Bfinancing reconciliation: $2,276,000,000.00Property additions: -$2,381,000,000.00PP&E purchases−$2.38 BProperty sales and other transactions: $558,000,000.00PP&E sales+$558.00 MInvestment purchases: -$319,000,000.00Investment purchases−$319.00 MInvestment sales and other transactions: $1,005,000,000.00Other investing, net+$1.01 BAcquisition of assets of CSR: -$1,643,000,000.00Other capital spending−$1.64 BNet cash used in investing activities: -$2,780,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$2.78 Binvesting reconciliation: $4,343,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $5,620,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,568,000,000.00Beginning cash$1.57 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,641,000,000.00Ending cash$1.64 BCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$1.67 BOperating cash − cash spent on PP&ECash flow / Net income1.55×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$73.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2023. Ending cash: Dec 31, 2024. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2023
1,568,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
4,052,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income
2,622,000,000 US dollars
Gains and losses on properties
negative 490,000,000 US dollars
Current liabilities other than debt
548,000,000 US dollars
Accounts receivable
85,000,000 US dollars
Other current assets
5,000,000 US dollars
Materials and supplies
negative 13,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
176,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation
1,353,000,000 US dollars
Other – net
negative 234,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 2,780,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Property additions
negative 2,381,000,000 US dollars
Property sales and other transactions
558,000,000 US dollars
Investment purchases
negative 319,000,000 US dollars
Investment sales and other transactions
1,005,000,000 US dollars
Acquisition of assets of CSR
negative 1,643,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 1,199,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchase and retirement of Common Stock
0 US dollars
Debt repayments
negative 1,055,000,000 US dollars
Common Stock transactions
26,000,000 US dollars
Dividends
negative 1,221,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from borrowings
1,051,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
2,167,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
2,276,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
4,343,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
0 US dollars
Ending cash on Dec 31, 2024
1,641,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
5,620,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
73,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.55×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
4,052,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
Cash purchases of property, plant and equipment
2,381,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
1,671,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $1.43B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash purchases of property, plant and equipment equals free cash flow: 4,052,000,000 US dollars minus 2,381,000,000 US dollars equals 1,671,000,000 US dollars.
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