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Ticker
CNI

Price
108.47
Stock movement up
+0.87 (0.81%)
Company name
Canadian National Railway Company
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Railroads
Market cap
66.32B
Ent value
102.91B
Price/Sales
3.83
Price/Book
3.08
Div yield
2.49%
Div growth
6.34%
Growth years
26
FCF payout
85.49%
Trailing P/E
14.05
Forward P/E
12.36
PEG
1.65
EPS growth
8.64%
1 year return (CAGR)
5.75%
3 year return (CAGR)
-2.41%
5 year return (CAGR)
0.23%
10 year return (CAGR)
7.35%
Last updated: 2026-02-24

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.70
Dividend yield2.49%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield2.86%
Average yield2.18%
Minimum yield1.68%
Discount to avg yield12.40%
Upside potential14.16%
Yield as % of max yield87.12%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.49%
Current yield distribution14.92%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.68%
Yield at 90%1.85%
Yield at 80%1.94%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.12%
Yield at 20%2.42%
Yield at 10%2.64%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.86%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth26 years
CCC statusDividend Champion
Dividend per share2.70
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date10 Mar 2026
EPS (TTM)7.66
EPS (1y forward)8.77
EPS growth (5y)8.64%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.53%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
CNIS&P500
DGR MR3.95%-13.74%
DGR TTM6.54%6.60%
DGR 3 years1.99%7.31%
DGR 5 years6.34%4.69%
DGR 10 years10.21%6.30%
DGR 15 years11.17%8.16%
Time since last change announced27 days
EPS growth (5y)8.64%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.53%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM46.78%85.49%
Average31.05%47.30%
Forward30.80%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E14.05
Price to OCF9.41
Price to FCF25.68
Price to EBITDA8.34
EV to EBITDA12.94

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales3.83
Price to Book3.08
EV to Sales5.95

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count611.40M
EPS (TTM)7.66
FCF per share (TTM)4.19

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)17.31B
Gross profit (TTM)7.54B
Operating income (TTM)6.59B
Net income (TTM)4.72B
EPS (TTM)7.66
EPS (1y forward)8.77

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)43.58%
Operating margin (TTM)38.05%
Profit margin (TTM)27.27%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash362.70M
Net receivables1.12B
Total current assets2.47B
Goodwill522.57M
Intangible assets120.00M
Property, plant and equipment68.11B
Total assets58.51B
Accounts payable2.79B
Short/Current long term debt21.82B
Total current liabilities3.69B
Total liabilities36.96B
Shareholder's equity21.55B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)7.05B
Capital expenditures (TTM)3.66B
Free cash flow (TTM)2.58B
Dividends paid (TTM)2.21B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity21.90%
Return on Assets8.07%
Return on Invested Capital11.04%
Cash Return on Invested Capital6.04%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open107.31
Daily high109.90
Daily low107.08
Daily Volume2.57M
All-time high136.63
1y analyst estimate109.81
Beta0.86
EPS (TTM)7.66
Dividend per share2.70
Ex-div date10 Mar 2026
Next earnings date30 Apr 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CNIS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-20.61%-1.82%
Highest price drop-48.59%-56.47%
Date of highest drop9 Mar 20099 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-10.38%-10.84%
Avg time to new high16 days12 days
Max time to new high974 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
CNI (Canadian National Railway Company) company logo
Marketcap
66.32B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and warehousing, business development, dimensional loads, and private railcar storage, less-than-truckload, and mexico services; intermodal services, such as temperature controlled multimodal, mobile transport trays, port partnerships, transloading and distribution, logistics parks, trucking, and supply chain services. It also offers connecting to rail, short lines, maps and network services. The company serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Employees
23839
SEC filings
CEO
Claude Mongeau
Country
USA
City
Montreal
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Champion
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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