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Canadian National Railway (CNI) Competitors

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$101.17 +0.55 (+0.55%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

CNI vs. ENB, CP, CSX, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, TFII, MMYT, and PAA

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), TFI International (TFII), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), and Plains All American Pipeline (PAA). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

In the previous week, Enbridge had 8 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Enbridge and 13 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Enbridge's score of 0.59 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian National Railway
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Enbridge
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$17.16B3.71$4.17B$6.2416.21
Enbridge$48.55B1.86$4.59B$2.1619.15

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%

Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $125.86, indicating a potential upside of 24.40%. Enbridge has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.28%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Enbridge
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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

Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Canadian National Railway pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge pays out 124.1% 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 87 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.98% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.80% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian National RailwayOutperform Votes
692
51.80%
Underperform Votes
644
48.20%
EnbridgeOutperform Votes
779
67.98%
Underperform Votes
367
32.02%

Summary

Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayRailroads, line IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$63.65B$54.97B$303.23B$19.19B
Dividend Yield2.37%1.77%4.46%3.61%
P/E Ratio16.2129.1617.8141.30
Price / Sales3.713.6655.7717.58
Price / Cash13.6413.8813.0321.28
Price / Book4.373.892.115.32
Net Income$4.17B$2.68B$577.06M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.56%-3.53%-2.46%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-7.28%-6.54%-3.27%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-18.15%3.86%-0.71%12.14%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.8004 of 5 stars
$101.17
+0.5%
$125.86
+24.4%
-17.2%$63.65B$17.16B16.2124,987Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ENB
Enbridge
3.5007 of 5 stars
$41.57
-0.8%
$63.00
+51.6%
+17.0%$90.54B$48.55B19.4011,500
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.8219 of 5 stars
$74.52
+0.2%
$94.88
+27.3%
-6.4%$69.56B$14.45B26.5619,927Analyst Upgrade
CSX
CSX
4.6697 of 5 stars
$33.00
-0.7%
$38.78
+17.5%
-7.3%$63.64B$14.66B17.8723,000
MPLX
Mplx
2.889 of 5 stars
$47.86
-2.0%
$49.44
+3.3%
+30.2%$48.76B$10.74B11.525,810Analyst Forecast
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.1584 of 5 stars
$44.97
-1.1%
$154.67
+243.9%
-66.4%$24.38B$14.59B15.1527,076Positive News
VIK
Viking
2.6396 of 5 stars
$46.45
+2.1%
$41.92
-9.8%
N/A$20.04B$4.71B0.009,500Analyst Forecast
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.7689 of 5 stars
$32.46
-0.8%
$40.20
+23.8%
+4.0%$14.99B$17.93B-86.1152,000News Coverage
TFII
TFI International
4.2623 of 5 stars
$153.38
+0.3%
$169.19
+10.3%
+14.4%$12.98B$7.52B27.7925,123
MMYT
MakeMyTrip
2.2432 of 5 stars
$117.05
-0.1%
$98.00
-16.3%
+148.4%$12.85B$882.62M64.034,576Positive News
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
2.0157 of 5 stars
$17.56
-1.7%
$19.82
+12.9%
+12.5%$12.36B$48.71B15.954,200Analyst Downgrade

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