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$96.84 +0.26 (+0.27%)
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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

CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

CSX currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.29%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of $118.36, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than CSX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Canadian National Railway
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CSX21.92% 25.48% 7.41%
Canadian National Railway 26.63%21.71%8.04%

CSX has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSX$14.54B4.19$3.47B$1.6220.16
Canadian National Railway$17.14B3.53$3.25B$5.2018.62

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CSX pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 50.2% 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. CSX has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Canadian National Railway has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of CSX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

CSX has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CSX had 11 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for CSX and 20 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat CSX's score of 1.06 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CSX
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canadian National Railway
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

CSX and Canadian National Railway tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CNI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$60.46B$45.09B$7.16B$21.30B
Dividend Yield2.68%1.78%949.21%3.49%
P/E Ratio18.6212.1913.6829.44
Price / Sales3.534.77611.8564.30
Price / Cash13.0322.057.9218.29
Price / Book3.882.782.195.30
Net Income$3.25B$2.47B$571.12M$998.51M
7 Day Performance0.81%-0.25%-0.71%0.12%
1 Month Performance3.33%0.99%4.70%5.76%
1 Year Performance-18.30%-0.14%11.82%14.89%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.7186 of 5 stars
$96.84
+0.3%
$118.36
+22.2%
-18.0%$60.46B$17.14B18.6225,428Positive News
CSX
CSX
4.5938 of 5 stars
$32.81
-5.1%
$37.00
+12.8%
-6.7%$61.17B$14.16B20.2523,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.2268 of 5 stars
$73.42
-1.9%
$92.30
+25.7%
-8.1%$67.08B$10.62B22.8719,797Positive News
GATX
GATX
2.2277 of 5 stars
$164.89
-0.9%
$177.67
+7.7%
+23.6%$5.87B$1.59B18.872,150
NSC
Norfolk Southern
4.2169 of 5 stars
$277.23
-2.6%
$285.15
+2.9%
+9.2%$62.27B$12.12B18.7319,600Positive News
UNP
Union Pacific
4.7775 of 5 stars
$223.36
-2.0%
$258.21
+15.6%
-13.2%$132.46B$24.25B19.4132,439Positive News
ENB
Enbridge
3.4762 of 5 stars
$47.62
-0.7%
$60.50
+27.0%
+20.2%$103.84B$38.22B23.4614,500Trending News
Options Volume
MPLX
Mplx
1.701 of 5 stars
$50.29
-0.9%
$56.11
+11.6%
+19.4%$51.25B$11.93B11.945,560Positive News
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.4524 of 5 stars
$65.51
-1.8%
$111.50
+70.2%
-44.3%$34.74B$14.66B15.3825,952Gap Down
VIK
Viking
3.524 of 5 stars
$60.03
-0.6%
$57.20
-4.7%
+90.1%$26.60B$5.33B32.4512,000
LTM
LATAM Airlines Group
3.3452 of 5 stars
$48.46
+0.9%
$39.00
-19.5%
+104.2%$14.64B$13.17B12.4638,664

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This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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