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Canadian National Railway (CNI) Competitors

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$101.54 -0.45 (-0.44%)
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CNI vs. ENB, CP, CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, AAL, and TFII

Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), American Airlines Group (AAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Canadian National Railway vs.

Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) and Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Enbridge received 81 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.93% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian National RailwayOutperform Votes
699
51.93%
Underperform Votes
647
48.07%
EnbridgeOutperform Votes
780
68.00%
Underperform Votes
367
32.00%

80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Enbridge had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Enbridge and 31 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.75 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian National Railway
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Enbridge
25 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus price target of $124.02, indicating a potential upside of 22.14%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.47%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian National Railway
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Enbridge
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian National Railway$12.47B5.12$4.17B$6.2416.27
Enbridge$32.33B3.00$4.59B$2.1620.62

Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Canadian National Railway pays out 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 121.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 31.65% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 13.54%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 23.62% beat Enbridge's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian National Railway31.65% 23.62% 8.68%
Enbridge 13.54%9.94%3.11%

Summary

Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CNI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayRailroads, line IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.84B$65.86B$312.65B$19.90B
Dividend Yield2.35%1.77%4.17%3.63%
P/E Ratio16.2715.0216.4134.24
Price / Sales5.125.0064.3117.10
Price / Cash13.3414.849.5720.32
Price / Book4.394.622.195.78
Net Income$4.17B$3.15B$565.96M$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.37%0.24%-0.34%2.23%
1 Month Performance0.37%2.55%5.53%4.72%
1 Year Performance-19.51%9.77%7.70%18.80%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.8874 of 5 stars
$101.54
-0.4%
$124.02
+22.1%
-19.5%$63.84B$12.47B16.2724,987
ENB
Enbridge
3.448 of 5 stars
$43.58
+0.2%
$63.00
+44.6%
+23.8%$94.93B$48.55B20.1811,500News Coverage
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.4163 of 5 stars
$74.02
-0.9%
$93.56
+26.4%
-4.7%$69.09B$14.45B26.4411,800Short Interest ↑
CSX
CSX
4.6016 of 5 stars
$31.90
+0.4%
$38.67
+21.2%
-5.3%$61.52B$14.68B17.1523,000Upcoming Earnings
MPLX
Mplx
3.7189 of 5 stars
$49.01
+1.4%
$49.89
+1.8%
+38.0%$49.93B$10.74B11.565,810Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.1349 of 5 stars
$41.73
-2.9%
$151.00
+261.8%
-67.1%$22.55B$13.56B13.9127,076
VIK
Viking
2.6166 of 5 stars
$42.79
-2.1%
$42.85
+0.1%
N/A$18.46B$5.10B0.009,500Gap Up
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.904 of 5 stars
$31.23
-1.0%
$40.20
+28.7%
+0.8%$14.50B$20.57B-82.1852,000
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
2.8338 of 5 stars
$18.94
+0.3%
$20.00
+5.6%
+28.4%$13.33B$50.37B16.914,200
AAL
American Airlines Group
3.8849 of 5 stars
$17.49
-4.8%
$18.42
+5.3%
+33.7%$11.49B$53.61B53.00132,100Upcoming Earnings
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TFII
TFI International
4.2293 of 5 stars
$133.26
-0.1%
$169.19
+27.0%
+1.9%$11.25B$8.29B24.2325,123

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