Canadian National Railway (CNI) Competitors

Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ENB or CNI?

Enbridge has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Enbridge	$60.94B	1.63	$3.61B	$1.94	23.51
Canadian National Railway	$17.20B	3.88	$3.25B	$5.13	20.69

Which has more risk and volatility, ENB or CNI?

Enbridge has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ENB or CNI?

Enbridge currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.88%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus target price of $119.52, indicating a potential upside of 12.60%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enbridge	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Canadian National Railway	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ENB or CNI?

54.6% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ENB or CNI?

Enbridge received 77 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.94% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.91% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enbridge	Outperform Votes 784 67.94%	Underperform Votes 370 32.06%
Canadian National Railway	Outperform Votes 707 51.91%	Underperform Votes 655 48.09%

Is ENB or CNI more profitable?

Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 26.09% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 10.04%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 22.48% beat Enbridge's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enbridge	10.04%	10.16%	3.08%
Canadian National Railway	26.09%	22.48%	8.19%

Does the media refer more to ENB or CNI?

In the previous week, Canadian National Railway had 11 more articles in the media than Enbridge. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 28 mentions for Enbridge. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Enbridge's score of 0.86 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
Enbridge	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian National Railway	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ENB or CNI a better dividend stock?

Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Enbridge pays out 139.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian National Railway pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enbridge has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Canadian National Railway has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.