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Canadian National Railway (CNR) Competitors

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C$150.81 +1.38 (+0.92%)
(As of 10:14 AM ET)

CNR vs. CP, CNI, TRI, WCN, WSP, RBA, GFL, TFII, STN, and EFN

Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), RB Global (RBA), GFL Environmental (GFL), TFI International (TFII), Stantec (STN), and Element Fleet Management (EFN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.

Canadian National Railway vs.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) and Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of C$3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus price target of C$121.43, indicating a potential upside of 18.17%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of C$171.07, indicating a potential upside of 13.43%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
Canadian National Railway
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

76.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% 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.

Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 32.02% compared to Canadian Pacific Kansas City's net margin of 24.46%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 27.41% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian Pacific Kansas City24.46% 8.10% 4.23%
Canadian National Railway 32.02%27.41%8.33%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 137 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 52.25% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityOutperform Votes
729
60.40%
Underperform Votes
478
39.60%
Canadian National RailwayOutperform Votes
592
52.25%
Underperform Votes
541
47.75%

In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Kansas City had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City and 4 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.52 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canadian National Railway
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian Pacific Kansas CityC$14.24B6.73C$3.48BC$3.7327.55
Canadian National RailwayC$17.04B5.57C$5.46BC$8.4217.91

Summary

Canadian Pacific Kansas City beats Canadian National Railway on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNR vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayRailroads IndustryIndustrials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$94.93BC$19.43BC$3.89BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield2.12%3.78%4.41%5.31%
P/E Ratio17.9110.77526.4226.74
Price / Sales5.5710.93421.831,510.91
Price / Cash285.86134.7927.7982.77
Price / Book4.912.213.573.14
Net IncomeC$5.46BC$956.00MC$179.69MC$294.89M
7 Day Performance-2.55%-1.07%3.33%0.87%
1 Month Performance-2.92%-5.29%-1.38%12.84%
1 Year Performance-3.81%-3.59%28.85%43.96%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNR
Canadian National Railway
3.6197 of 5 stars
C$150.81
+0.9%
C$171.07
+13.4%
-5.1%C$94.93BC$17.04B17.9125,656Insider Trade
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
3.4978 of 5 stars
C$102.76
-0.1%
C$121.43
+18.2%
+4.8%C$95.89BC$14.24B27.5811,800Analyst Revision
Positive News
CNI
Canadian National Railway
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.0024,381High Trading Volume
TRI
Thomson Reuters
1.8723 of 5 stars
C$223.50
-0.5%
C$197.50
-11.6%
+17.8%C$100.51BC$7.03B31.6824,400Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
1.0137 of 5 stars
C$259.05
-0.7%
C$205.10
-20.8%
+41.4%C$66.83BC$8.42B57.8322,100Analyst Revision
WSP
WSP Global
1.8805 of 5 stars
C$243.44
+1.3%
C$266.82
+9.6%
+26.7%C$30.35BC$14.84B50.2669,300
RBA
RB Global
1.8196 of 5 stars
C$130.63
-0.3%
C$76.00
-41.8%
+54.0%C$24.07BC$4.22B53.284,200
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$62.65
-1.0%
N/A+53.7%C$23.85BC$7.63B-30.8819,500
TFII
TFI International
1.941 of 5 stars
C$203.19
+0.6%
C$192.63
-5.2%
+28.3%C$17.19BC$8.02B25.8025,800Positive News
STN
Stantec
1.5602 of 5 stars
C$118.81
+1.0%
C$126.36
+6.4%
+21.5%C$13.55BC$5.42B38.6931,000
EFN
Element Fleet Management
2.491 of 5 stars
C$29.50
+0.3%
C$33.50
+13.6%
+38.7%C$11.91BC$1.58B22.982,700Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (TSE:CNR) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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