CNI vs. ENB, CP, MPLX, CSX, RYAAY, VIK, BIP, PAA, MMYT, and ZTO
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Mplx (MPLX), CSX (CSX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), MakeMyTrip (MMYT), and ZTO Express (Cayman) (ZTO). These companies are all part of the "transportation" industry.
Canadian National Railway vs.
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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
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.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Enbridge pays out 157.6% 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 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 25 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Enbridge and 25 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Enbridge's score of 0.94 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
54.6% of Enbridge shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Enbridge currently has a consensus target price of $67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.44%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus target price of $120.36, suggesting a potential upside of 24.31%. Given Enbridge's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
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.
Enbridge received 79 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote while only 51.92% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian National Railway beats Enbridge on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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