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CNI · NYSE
Canadian National Railway Company
Railroads · Canada
USD 118.95-0.8% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$71.95B
- Trailing P/E
- 21.36x
- Forward P/E
- 18.50x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 11.3%
- Trailing net margin
- 26.9%
- Indicated dividend yield
- 2.2%
Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-10-30 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
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.
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Canadian National Railway Stock: It Beat and Raised Guidance — Why We Still Say HOLD (CNI Q2 2026)
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| Metric | CNICanadian National Railway CompanySnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | NSCNorfolk Southern CorporationSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | CSXCSX CorporationSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$71.95B | US$70.56B | US$87.25B | US$78.91Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 18.50x | 21.94x | 20.74x | 21.34xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | — | 15.30x | 15.42x | 15.36xn=2 |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 11.3% | 11.4% | 10.1% | 10.8%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 40.3% | 35.3% | 38.4% | 36.9%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | — | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.1%n=2 |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 2.45x | 2.84x | 2.64x | 2.74xn=2 |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 1.04x | 1.06x | 1.38x | 1.22xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 21.36x | 26.81x | 27.38x | 27.09xn=2 |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 4.55x | 4.34x | 6.20x | 5.27xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | — | 6.91x | 7.26x | 7.08xn=2 |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 10.2% | -4.4% | 22.7% | 9.2%n=2 |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 56.0% | 45.2% | 47.1% | 46.1%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 26.9% | 21.0% | 22.2% | 21.6%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 22.0% | 17.0% | 24.4% | 20.7%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 17.0% | 11.0% | 13.5% | 12.2%n=2 |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.5%n=2 |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 46.3% | 46.1% | 31.4% | 38.7%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.87x | 0.83x | 0.82x | 0.83xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 0.99 | 1.27 | 1.21 | 1.24n=2 |
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Research history for CNI
Q2 20262026-07-24
Canadian National Railway Stock: It Beat and Raised Guidance — Why We Still Say HOLD (CNI Q2 2026)
Presentation · 2026-07-24 · YouTube