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 stock has increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $85.33. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The transportation company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.46. The transportation company earned $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.47 billion. Canadian National Railway had a net margin of 29.76% and a return on equity of 22.99%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.17 earnings per share. View Canadian National Railway's earnings history.

Canadian National Railway announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.4097 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.92%. 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 stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $124.00. On average, they expect Canadian National Railway's stock price to reach $94.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Canadian National Railway.

Media coverage about CNI stock has been trending extremely positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Canadian National Railway earned a coverage optimism score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the transportation company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutCanadian National Railway.

Canadian National Railway saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,870,000 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the April 30th total of 3,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 $85.33.

Canadian National Railway has a market capitalization of $60.68 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.