Canadian National Railway Co (CNI)
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.
- Symbol
- CNI
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Railroads
- 52 week range
- 90.74 - 131.55
Valuation
- Share price
- $119.49 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 85.32x
- Price to book
- 13.86x
- Price to free cash flow
- 117.13x
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 day | +1.68% |
| 5 days | -1.87% |
| 1 month | -7.97% |
| 3 months | +3.99% |
| 6 months | +18.67% |
| Year to date | +20.88% |
| 1 year | +29.56% |
| 3 years | +8.50% |
| 5 years | +2.72% |
| 10 years | +86.38% |
| All time | +3622.43% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 0.00%
- Return on invested capital
- 23.31%
- Return on assets
- 0.00%
- Gross margin
- 38.07%
- Net margin
- 27.28%
- EBITDA margin
- 49.27%
- Revenue growth
- 1.51%
- Net income growth
- 6.12%
- Free cash flow growth
- 7.65%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 0.85%
- Current ratio
- 1.16x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- -0.08x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Shares outstanding
- 623.10M
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 38.07% | 27.28% | 0.00% | 23.31% |
| 2024-12-31 | 36.65% | 26.09% | 0.00% | 22.66% |
| 2023-12-31 | 39.20% | 33.43% | 0.00% | 30.36% |
| 2022-12-31 | 39.98% | 29.92% | 0.00% | 32.68% |
| 2020-12-31 | 34.57% | 25.78% | 0.00% | - |
| 2019-12-31 | 37.49% | 28.26% | 0.00% | - |
| 2018-12-31 | 38.36% | 30.22% | 0.00% | - |
| 2017-12-31 | 40.20% | 42.05% | 0.00% | - |
| 2016-12-31 | 41.80% | 30.24% | 0.00% | - |
| 2015-12-31 | 41.76% | 28.05% | 0.00% | - |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-10-30
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Jun/2026 | - |
| 2026-04-29 | - | - |
| 2026-01-30 | - | - |
| 2025-10-31 | - | - |
| 2025-07-22 | - | - |
| 2025-07-21 | - | - |
| 2025-05-01 | - | - |
| 2025-04-21 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- cn.ca
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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