National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:CNR FY2025 Earnings

Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR - Free Report) NYSE: CNI - Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial lowered their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Canadian National Railway in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, January 30th. National Bank Financial analyst C. Doerksen now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $7.85 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $7.93. The consensus estimate for Canadian National Railway's current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Canadian National Railway's Q4 2025 earnings at $2.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.78 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on CNR. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price target on Canadian National Railway from C$179.00 to C$173.00 in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. National Bankshares decreased their price objective on Canadian National Railway from C$181.00 to C$178.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$189.00 to C$190.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Desjardins reduced their target price on Canadian National Railway from C$181.00 to C$180.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Veritas raised Canadian National Railway from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$170.64.

Canadian National Railway Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of TSE CNR traded up C$3.09 during trading on Monday, hitting C$148.75. The stock had a trading volume of 947,977 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,019,328. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 107.62, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.58. The firm has a fifty day moving average of C$148.99 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$154.18. Canadian National Railway has a 12 month low of C$143.18 and a 12 month high of C$181.34. The company has a market capitalization of C$93.64 billion, a PE ratio of 17.67, a PEG ratio of 3.38 and a beta of 0.65.

Insider Activity at Canadian National Railway

In other news, Director Tracy Robinson bought 3,300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$147.99 per share, with a total value of C$488,380.20. Also, Director Shauneen Elizabeth Bruder bought 608 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 23rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$145.24 per share, for a total transaction of C$88,307.74. 2.64% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Canadian National Railway Company Profile

Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019, CN delivered almost 6 million carloads over its 19,600 miles of track. CN generated roughly CAD 14 billion in total revenue by hauling intermodal containers (25% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (21%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (6%), and coal (4%).