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CNI vs. CSX, CP, GATX, NSC, UNP, ENB, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, and BIP

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 Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP).

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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, CSX had 30 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for CSX and 10 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat CSX's score of 0.76 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Canadian National Railway
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CSX
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 26.19% compared to CSX's net margin of 22.66%. CSX's return on equity of 26.42% beat Canadian National Railway's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian National Railway26.19% 22.29% 8.15%
CSX 22.66%26.42%7.74%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian National Railway$12.44B5.39$3.25B$5.1320.81
CSX$14.54B4.32$3.47B$1.6720.02

Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus target price of $120.52, indicating a potential upside of 12.91%. CSX has a consensus target price of $34.14, indicating a potential upside of 2.11%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than CSX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Canadian National Railway
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of CSX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSX has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Canadian National Railway pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CSX pays out 31.1% 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.

Summary

Canadian National Railway beats CSX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian National RailwayTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$66.84B$46.52B$7.20B$20.72B
Dividend Yield2.43%2.05%914.35%3.72%
P/E Ratio20.8112.8913.0828.09
Price / Sales5.394.98315.6738.30
Price / Cash14.3423.097.5222.53
Price / Book4.372.842.174.58
Net Income$3.25B$2.47B$563.51M$986.06M
7 Day Performance3.28%1.38%2.39%2.79%
1 Month Performance1.21%2.04%5.39%5.46%
1 Year Performance-9.48%1.91%2.85%15.06%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.4744 of 5 stars
$106.75
+0.1%
$120.52
+12.9%
-10.4%$66.84B$12.44B20.8125,428Positive News
CSX
CSX
4.3428 of 5 stars
$32.63
-0.9%
$34.14
+4.6%
-0.4%$61.30B$14.28B19.5422,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
4.3377 of 5 stars
$79.30
+1.3%
$90.95
+14.7%
+0.5%$73.07B$10.62B26.7911,800Positive News
Analyst Revision
GATX
GATX
1.9468 of 5 stars
$153.65
-0.9%
$167.67
+9.1%
+20.2%$5.49B$1.59B19.472,150
NSC
Norfolk Southern
4.0246 of 5 stars
$256.32
+0.2%
$267.71
+4.4%
+21.4%$57.78B$12.12B17.5119,300Positive News
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UNP
Union Pacific
4.642 of 5 stars
$230.29
-0.5%
$258.39
+12.2%
+4.8%$137.59B$24.25B20.7532,439Positive News
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ENB
Enbridge
3.8124 of 5 stars
$45.35
+1.3%
$67.00
+47.7%
+24.7%$98.88B$38.22B23.3811,100Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
1.8314 of 5 stars
$51.51
-0.2%
$55.50
+7.7%
+18.7%$52.58B$11.93B11.905,810Positive News
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.4379 of 5 stars
$57.67
+1.2%
$147.00
+154.9%
-50.9%$30.64B$13.95B18.0419,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VIK
Viking
3.687 of 5 stars
$53.34
+1.2%
$49.87
-6.5%
+62.7%$23.64B$5.33B43.3712,000Trending News
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.6247 of 5 stars
$33.52
-0.1%
$41.67
+24.3%
+17.6%$15.57B$21.24B-1,675.1661,000Positive News

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