CNR vs. CP, CNI, TRI, WCN, WSP, RBA, GFL, TFII, STN, and TIH Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), Stantec (STN), and Toromont Industries (TIH). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR ) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP ) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of C$3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 18.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 32.86% compared to Canadian Pacific Kansas City's net margin of 28.26%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 27.06% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 140 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.30% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 52.84% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Canadian National Railway has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus target price of C$184.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus target price of C$120.63, suggesting a potential upside of 11.19%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Kansas City had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City and 0 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's score of -0.12 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.9% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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