CNI vs. CSX, CP, GATX, NSC, UNP, ENB, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, and LTM
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include CSX (CSX), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), GATX (GATX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), Enbridge (ENB), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), and LATAM Airlines Group (LTM).
Canadian National Railway vs. Its Competitors
Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) and CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CSX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian National Railway presently has a consensus price target of $117.94, indicating a potential upside of 27.61%. CSX has a consensus price target of $37.59, indicating a potential upside of 11.28%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than CSX.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 26.63% compared to CSX's net margin of 21.92%. CSX's return on equity of 25.48% beat Canadian National Railway's return on equity.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Canadian National Railway pays out 50.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 32.1% 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 National Railway has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and CSX has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
In the previous week, CSX had 14 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for CSX and 21 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat CSX's score of 0.64 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Canadian National Railway and CSX tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
