CNI vs. ENB, CP, CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, ZTO, and NCLH
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), ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 26.09% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.04%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 22.48% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
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.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enbridge has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Canadian National Railway pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 155.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Enbridge received 80 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.93% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus price target of $124.19, indicating a potential upside of 19.43%. Enbridge has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 60.54%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 32 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Enbridge and 17 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Enbridge's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.74 indicating that Enbridge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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