CNI CN

CNI Canadian National Railway Compa

Industrials · Railroads

7 · Fair Momentum 7.0 · Neutral Watch 16y streak

120.93

+0.84%

About the company

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and warehousing, business development, dimensional loads, and private railcar storage, less-than-truckload, and mexico services; intermodal services, such as temperature controlled multimodal, mobile transport trays, port partnerships, transloading and distribution, logistics parks, trucking, and supply chain services. It also offers connecting to rail, short lines, maps and network services. The company serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

2.20%
48.01%
2.66
73.1B
21.83
5.54
112.58

52-week range

121
low 90.7 high 132
Yield Growth Momentum Safety Value Health

Dividend deep dive

Canadian National Railway Company (CNI) operates in the Railroads industry. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 2.18%, which sits within its five-year yield range of 1.7% to 2.6% (average 2.05%). CNI has an overall rating score of 7.0. Its price trend exhibits strong momentum, indicated by a momentum score of 9.0, while its valuation suggests it is relatively rich, with a value score of 6.7.

Dividend history

Canadian National Railway has demonstrated a commitment to returning capital, maintaining a dividend increase streak of 16 consecutive years, placing it in the 'Contender' tier. The company's dividend growth rate over the past three years (3y CAGR) is 4.51%, while its five-year growth rate (5y CAGR) is 8.15%. Dividends are paid quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Annual dividends per share have progressed from $0.912 in 2014 to $1.954 in 2021, $2.25 in 2022, $2.32 in 2023, $2.48 in 2024, and $2.568 in 2025.

Dividend safety

The company's dividend safety status is currently flagged as 'watch'. Its payout ratio stands at 47.08% of earnings per share.

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Price history

134 114 93.5 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2020-08 · 105 2020-09 · 106 2020-10 · 99.5 2020-11 · 107 2020-12 · 110 2021-01 · 101 2021-02 · 109 2021-03 · 116 2021-04 · 108 2021-05 · 113 2021-06 · 106 2021-07 · 109 2021-08 · 118 2021-09 · 116 2021-10 · 133 2021-11 · 127 2021-12 · 123 2022-01 · 122 2022-02 · 124 2022-03 · 134 2022-04 · 118 2022-05 · 114 2022-06 · 112 2022-07 · 127 2022-08 · 119 2022-09 · 108 2022-10 · 118 2022-11 · 128 2022-12 · 119 2023-01 · 119 2023-02 · 114 2023-03 · 118 2023-04 · 119 2023-05 · 113 2023-06 · 121 2023-07 · 121 2023-08 · 113 2023-09 · 108 2023-10 · 106 2023-11 · 116 2023-12 · 126 2024-01 · 124 2024-02 · 130 2024-03 · 132 2024-04 · 121 2024-05 · 127 2024-06 · 118 2024-07 · 116 2024-08 · 118 2024-09 · 117 2024-10 · 108 2024-11 · 112 2024-12 · 102 2025-01 · 105 2025-02 · 101 2025-03 · 97.5 2025-04 · 96.8 2025-05 · 105 2025-06 · 104 2025-07 · 93.5 2025-08 · 96.8 2025-09 · 94.3 2025-10 · 95.9 2025-11 · 95.9 2025-12 · 98.8 2026-01 · 96.2 2026-02 · 112 2026-03 · 103 2026-04 · 112 2026-05 · 119 2026-06 · 119 2026-07 · 128
Price

Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
-20.7%
CAGR 3y
+4.5%
+8.1%
16 years

(5-year)

Now 2.2%
1.7% avg 2.0% 2.6%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +4.5% CAGR 5y +8.1% 16y streak
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

105.7%
0.67
0.40
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
22.7B USD
Total cash
586.0M USD
9.0B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

Held by 2 investors

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