Compare Stocks: CP, CSX, CNI, and NSC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CNI Canadian National Railway	$117.77 +0.8%	$122.99	$90.74 ▼ $131.55	$70.58B	0.96	1.14 million shs	786,087 shs
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$84.53 +0.2%	$90.02	$68.42 ▼ $96.90	$73.81B	1.13	2.34 million shs	1.48 million shs
CSX CSX	$47.26 -0.2%	$49.01	$33.63 ▼ $53.60	$87.70B	1.21	10.53 million shs	5.07 million shs
NSC Norfolk Southern	$317.69 +0.2%	$328.76	$277.80 ▼ $358.60	$71.20B	1.29	982,888 shs	373,007 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CNI Canadian National Railway	+0.81%	-1.62%	-3.38%	-5.37%	+22.21%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	+0.18%	-1.66%	-6.22%	-6.25%	+8.82%
CSX CSX	-0.17%	-0.36%	-2.29%	-4.35%	+31.46%
NSC Norfolk Southern	+0.26%	+0.16%	-1.78%	-3.02%	+7.08%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CNI Canadian National Railway	$117.77 +0.8%	$122.99	$90.74 ▼ $131.55	$70.58B	0.96	1.14 million shs	786,087 shs
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$84.53 +0.2%	$90.02	$68.42 ▼ $96.90	$73.81B	1.13	2.34 million shs	1.48 million shs
CSX CSX	$47.26 -0.2%	$49.01	$33.63 ▼ $53.60	$87.70B	1.21	10.53 million shs	5.07 million shs
NSC Norfolk Southern	$317.69 +0.2%	$328.76	$277.80 ▼ $358.60	$71.20B	1.29	982,888 shs	373,007 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CNI Canadian National Railway	+0.81%	-1.62%	-3.38%	-5.37%	+22.21%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	+0.18%	-1.66%	-6.22%	-6.25%	+8.82%
CSX CSX	-0.17%	-0.36%	-2.29%	-4.35%	+31.46%
NSC Norfolk Southern	+0.26%	+0.16%	-1.78%	-3.02%	+7.08%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CNI Canadian National Railway	2.50	Moderate Buy	$137.49	16.74% Upside
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	2.94	Moderate Buy	$111.83	32.30% Upside
CSX CSX	2.65	Moderate Buy	$51.06	8.03% Upside
NSC Norfolk Southern	2.33	Hold	$346.94	9.21% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NSC, CSX, CP, and CNI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/7/2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Cautious
10/7/2026	CSX CSX	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Cautious
10/7/2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Cautious
10/7/2026	CNI Canadian National Railway	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$151.00 ➝ $143.00
10/7/2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$109.00 ➝ $102.00
10/7/2026	CSX CSX	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$54.00 ➝ $53.00
10/7/2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$376.00 ➝ $347.00
10/5/2026	CSX CSX	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$58.00 ➝ $57.00
10/5/2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$338.00 ➝ $318.00
10/2/2026	CNI Canadian National Railway	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$142.00 ➝ $130.00
10/2/2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Positive	$106.00 ➝ $98.00

(Data available from 10/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CNI Canadian National Railway	$12.38B	5.74	$7.86 per share	14.98	$25.12 per share	4.69
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$10.79B	6.85	$4.99 per share	16.94	$37.33 per share	2.26
CSX CSX	$14.09B	6.21	$2.60 per share	18.15	$7.07 per share	6.68
NSC Norfolk Southern	$12.18B	5.86	$18.80 per share	16.90	$69.29 per share	4.58

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CNI Canadian National Railway	$3.38B	$5.64	20.88	18.43	2.09	26.92%	22.22%	8.12%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$2.96B	$3.11	27.18	19.57	1.77	25.02%	9.02%	4.86%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
CSX CSX	$2.89B	$1.73	27.32	21.19	2.22	22.21%	24.98%	7.61%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)
NSC Norfolk Southern	$2.87B	$11.72	27.11	23.02	4.75	21.02%	18.21%	6.34%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NSC, CSX, CP, and CNI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	CNI Canadian National Railway	$1.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.25 billion	N/A
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$0.96	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.94 billion	N/A
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	$3.49	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.47 billion	N/A
10/21/2026	Q3 2026	CSX CSX	$0.5310	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.95 billion	N/A
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$0.89	$0.92	+$0.03	$0.83	$2.89 billion	$2.93 billion
7/24/2026	Q2 2026	CNI Canadian National Railway	$1.39	$1.50	+$0.11	$1.49	$3.26 billion	$3.35 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	$3.32	$3.52	+$0.20	$3.26	$3.38 billion	$3.47 billion
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CSX CSX	$0.5180	$0.54	+$0.0220	$0.54	$3.89 billion	$3.94 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CNI Canadian National Railway	$2.60	2.21%	+3.58%	46.10%	3 Years
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$0.77	0.91%	-0.62%	24.76%	N/A
CSX CSX	$0.56	1.18%	+8.24%	32.37%	21 Years
NSC Norfolk Southern	$5.40	1.70%	+7.51%	46.08%	N/A

Latest NSC, CSX, CP, and CNI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/8/2026	CSX CSX	quarterly	$0.14	1.18%	11/30/2026	11/30/2026	12/15/2026
7/29/2026	CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	quarterly	$0.2680	0.87%	9/25/2026	9/25/2026	10/26/2026
7/23/2026	CNI Canadian National Railway	quarterly	$0.9150	2.16%	9/8/2026	9/8/2026	9/29/2026
7/17/2026	CSX CSX	quarterly	$0.14	1.11%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/15/2026
7/21/2026	NSC Norfolk Southern	quarterly	$1.35	1.61%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/20/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CNI Canadian National Railway	0.99	0.87	0.61
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	0.47	0.59	0.50
CSX CSX	1.22	0.82	0.72
NSC Norfolk Southern	0.98	0.83	0.73

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CNI Canadian National Railway	80.74%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	72.20%
CSX CSX	73.57%
NSC Norfolk Southern	75.10%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CNI Canadian National Railway	2.40%
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	0.01%
CSX CSX	0.30%
NSC Norfolk Southern	0.08%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CNI Canadian National Railway	23,839	604.09 million	589.59 million	Optionable
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City	19,479	875.05 million	874.96 million	Optionable
CSX CSX	23,000	1.85 billion	1.85 billion	Optionable
NSC Norfolk Southern	19,300	224.61 million	224.43 million	Optionable

CP, CSX, CNI, and NSC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Norfolk Southern Corporation $NSC Stock: Wedmont Private Capital Boosts Holdings

October 10 at 4:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna cut target for Norfolk Southern stock to USD 350.00

October 9 at 3:00 PM | ad-hoc-news.deA

BMO Capital Keeps Their Hold Rating on Norfolk Southern (NSC)

October 9 at 10:00 AM | theglobeandmail.com

Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Stock Price Target Cut by Citigroup

October 9 at 1:13 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Wells Fargo Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Norfolk Southern (NSC)

October 8 at 2:11 PM | theglobeandmail.com

Ausbil Investment Management Ltd Grows Stock Position in Norfolk Southern Corporation $NSC

October 8 at 7:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Citigroup Has Lowered Expectations for Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Stock Price

October 7 at 3:53 PM | marketbeat.com

Union Pacific CEO makes case for $85B Norfolk Southern merger amid pushback

October 6, 2026 | foxbusiness.com

Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Price Target Cut to $318.00 by Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

October 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Cuts Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Price Target to $318.00

October 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Norfolk Southern’s Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know

October 5, 2026 | barchart.com

Norfolk Southern Director Richard H. Anderson Reports Acquisition of Deferred Stock Units

October 4, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Susquehanna Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Stock Price

October 4, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Does Norfolk Southern’s (NSC) Latest Derailment Reframe How Investors View Its Safety And Reliability?

October 3, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Norfolk Southern: The Spread Says Wait, Not Walk Away

October 2, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Norfolk Southern to announce third quarter 2026 earnings results on October 22, 2026

October 2, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Susquehanna Cuts Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Price Target to $350.00

October 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Stock Looks Expensive On Future Cash Flow

October 2, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Evercore Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) Stock

October 2, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Barclays Sticks to Their Buy Rating for Norfolk Southern (NSC)

September 30, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Norfolk Southern stock carries merger clarity into October

September 30, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

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CP, CSX, CNI, and NSC Company Descriptions

Canadian National Railway NYSE:CNI

$117.77 +0.93 (+0.80%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$118.12 +0.35 (+0.29%)

As of 10/9/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, custom brokerage services, transloading and distribution, business development and real estate, and private car storage services; and intermodal services, such as temperature controlled cargo, port partnerships, and logistics parks. It offers trucking services, such as door-to-door services, import and export dray, interline services, and specialized services, comprising flatbed trucks, on-deck mobile transport trays, expedited cargo, and permit/overweight services; and supply chain services. It serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. The company operates a rail network of approximately 20,000 route-miles of track and shipping spanning. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City NYSE:CP

$84.53 +0.18 (+0.22%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$84.46 -0.07 (-0.08%)

As of 10/9/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; merchandise freight, such as forest products, energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals, consumer products, and automotive; and intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. It also provides rail and intermodal transportation services over a network of approximately 20,000 miles serving business centres. The company was formerly known as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and changed its name to Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited in April 2023. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited was incorporated in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

CSX NASDAQ:CSX

$47.26 -0.08 (-0.17%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$47.37 +0.11 (+0.23%)

As of 10/9/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

CSX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides rail-based freight transportation services. The company offers rail services; and transportation of intermodal containers and trailers, as well as other transportation services, such as rail-to-truck transfers and bulk commodity operations. It also transports chemicals, agricultural and food products, minerals, automotive, forest products, fertilizers, and metals and equipment; and coal, coke, and iron ore to electricity-generating power plants, steel manufacturers, and industrial plants, as well as exports coal to deep-water port facilities. In addition, the company provides intermodal services through a network of approximately 30 terminals transporting manufactured consumer goods in containers; and drayage services, including the pickup and delivery of intermodal shipments. It serves the automotive industry with distribution centers and storage locations, as well as connects non-rail served customers through transferring products, such as plastics and ethanol from rail to trucks. The company operates approximately 20,000 route mile rail network, which serves various population centers in 26 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as owns and leases approximately 3,500 locomotives. It serves production and distribution facilities through track connections. CSX Corporation was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Norfolk Southern NYSE:NSC

$317.69 +0.70 (+0.22%)

Closing price 10/9/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$317.79 +0.10 (+0.03%)

As of 10/9/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports agriculture, forest, and consumer products comprising soybeans, wheat, corn, fertilizers, livestock and poultry feed, food products, food oils, flour, sweeteners, ethanol, lumber and wood products, pulp board and paper products, wood fibers, wood pulp, beverages, and canned goods; chemicals consist of sulfur and related chemicals, petroleum products comprising crude oil, chlorine and bleaching compounds, plastics, rubber, industrial chemicals, chemical wastes, sand, and natural gas liquids; metals and construction materials, such as steel, aluminum products, machinery, scrap metals, cement, aggregates, minerals, clay, transportation equipment, and military-related products; and automotive, including finished motor vehicles and automotive parts, as well as coal. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and operates an intermodal network. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated approximately 19,100 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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