Free Trial

Canadian National Railway (CNI) Competitors

Canadian National Railway logo
$108.27 +1.43 (+1.34%)
(As of 10:31 AM ET)

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

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), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.

Canadian National Railway vs.

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

Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

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
Enbridge$32.33B2.88$4.59B$2.1619.81
Canadian National Railway$12.47B5.40$4.17B$6.2417.13

Enbridge received 87 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.76% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EnbridgeOutperform Votes
778
67.95%
Underperform Votes
367
32.05%
Canadian National RailwayOutperform Votes
691
51.76%
Underperform Votes
644
48.24%

In the previous week, Enbridge had 15 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Enbridge and 9 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Enbridge's score of 0.96 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Enbridge
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canadian National Railway
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Enbridge has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% 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
Enbridge13.54% 9.94% 3.11%
Canadian National Railway 31.65%23.62%8.68%

Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of $125.48, suggesting a potential upside of 17.41%. Given Canadian National Railway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than Enbridge.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Enbridge
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Canadian National Railway
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35

Summary

Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

CNI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayRailroads, line IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$67.20B$69.65B$333.05B$19.87B
Dividend Yield2.30%1.78%4.47%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.1341.7715.9935.66
Price / Sales5.404.1458.9417.95
Price / Cash14.0214.1412.2817.98
Price / Book4.723.942.174.59
Net Income$4.17B$3.34B$570.30M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-2.90%-1.70%-1.57%0.45%
1 Month Performance-4.78%-3.56%-1.14%1.05%
1 Year Performance-6.63%0.56%14.02%24.67%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.6308 of 5 stars
$108.27
+1.3%
$125.48
+15.9%
-6.8%$68.19B$12.47B17.3524,987Positive News
ENB
Enbridge
1.5075 of 5 stars
$43.10
+0.7%
N/A+27.0%$93.87B$32.33B19.8111,500
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.7189 of 5 stars
$74.47
+1.3%
$93.68
+25.8%
+2.9%$69.51B$9.30B26.2719,927Analyst Revision
CSX
CSX
4.7717 of 5 stars
$34.87
+0.9%
$38.78
+11.2%
+7.8%$67.24B$14.66B18.5923,000
MPLX
Mplx
3.4181 of 5 stars
$48.20
+1.3%
$49.44
+2.6%
+32.9%$49.11B$11.28B11.225,810Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.2887 of 5 stars
$43.37
-1.3%
$154.67
+256.6%
-61.9%$23.60B$14.59B14.6527,076Positive News
VIK
Viking
3.2216 of 5 stars
$44.25
-0.3%
$41.00
-7.3%
N/A$19.09B$4.71B0.009,500Analyst Forecast
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.1617 of 5 stars
$34.19
flat
$40.20
+17.6%
+26.4%$15.79B$17.93B-89.9552,000
TFII
TFI International
4.2038 of 5 stars
$148.79
+3.0%
$168.56
+13.3%
+25.9%$12.59B$7.52B26.2625,123Positive News
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
1.7716 of 5 stars
$17.70
+0.8%
$19.82
+12.0%
+13.1%$12.45B$48.71B11.544,200
ZTO
ZTO Express (Cayman)
4.3911 of 5 stars
$19.89
-0.6%
$27.03
+35.9%
-9.4%$12.02B$5.41B13.7923,554News Coverage
Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners