NYSE:CNICanadian National Railway Stock Price, Forecast & News

Canadian National Railway's stock was trading at $77.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CNI shares have increased by 13.3% and is now trading at $87.62. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian National Railway in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Canadian National Railway.

Canadian National Railway is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Canadian National Railway.

Canadian National Railway will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 27th. The transportation company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.46. The transportation company earned $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.47 billion. Canadian National Railway had a return on equity of 22.99% and a net margin of 29.76%. The company's revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.17 EPS. View Canadian National Railway's earnings history.

Canadian National Railway declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be given a dividend of $0.4097 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 8th. View Canadian National Railway's dividend history.

19 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Canadian National Railway's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $128.00. On average, they anticipate Canadian National Railway's share price to reach $94.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Canadian National Railway.

Media coverage about CNI stock has been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Canadian National Railway earned a daily sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutCanadian National Railway.

Canadian National Railway saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,870,000 shares, a drop of 11.7% from the April 30th total of 3,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Canadian National Railway's Current Options Chain.

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Canadian National Railway trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNI."

Canadian National Railway's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.03%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.31%), Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (1.71%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.30%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.15%) and 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.07%). View institutional ownership trends for Canadian National Railway.

CNI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, Franklin Resources Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Schroder Investment Management Group, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Alberta Investment Management Corp, and Deutsche Bank AG. View insider buying and selling activity for Canadian National Railway.

CNI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, 1832 Asset Management L.P., CIBC World Markets Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Wellington Management Group LLP, and AGF Investments Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Canadian National Railway.

Shares of CNI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CNI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.62.

Canadian National Railway has a market capitalization of $62.31 billion and generates $11.30 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $3.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.39 on an earnings per share basis. Canadian National Railway employs 25,975 workers across the globe.

The official website for Canadian National Railway is www.cn.ca.

Canadian National Railway's mailing address is 935 DE LA GAUCHETIERE ST W, MONTREAL A8, H3B 2M9. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 514-399-7091.