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Canadian National Railway (CNI) Competitors

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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

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

CSX has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more 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.

In the previous week, CSX had 33 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for CSX and 32 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat CSX's score of 0.45 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
22 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Canadian National Railway
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

73.6% of CSX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CSX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CSX presently has a consensus price target of $34.64, suggesting a potential upside of 1.62%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of $120.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.02%. 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
CSX
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Canadian National Railway
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. CSX pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 50.5% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSX$14.54B4.40$3.47B$1.6720.41
Canadian National Railway$12.44B5.25$3.25B$5.1320.31

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
CSX22.66% 26.42% 7.74%
Canadian National Railway 26.19%22.29%8.15%

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

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$65.26B$46.32B$7.18B$20.64B
Dividend Yield2.46%2.03%922.81%3.71%
P/E Ratio20.3112.8113.1527.83
Price / Sales5.254.96367.6155.22
Price / Cash14.1723.287.6217.94
Price / Book4.262.832.134.59
Net Income$3.25B$2.47B$563.35M$989.58M
7 Day Performance1.15%0.93%2.47%1.03%
1 Month Performance0.39%2.62%4.51%5.33%
1 Year Performance-13.35%-1.93%4.41%10.44%

Canadian National Railway Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNI
Canadian National Railway
4.2926 of 5 stars
$104.17
-1.0%
$120.86
+16.0%
-12.5%$65.26B$12.44B20.3125,428Analyst Revision
CSX
CSX
4.5465 of 5 stars
$33.05
-1.6%
$34.45
+4.2%
+0.9%$62.09B$14.54B19.7923,500Options Volume
CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
3.8982 of 5 stars
$79.65
-1.7%
$90.95
+14.2%
-2.1%$73.39B$14.82B26.9119,797
GATX
GATX
2.2074 of 5 stars
$157.54
-1.1%
$167.67
+6.4%
+9.8%$5.62B$1.59B19.972,150Positive News
NSC
Norfolk Southern
4.0215 of 5 stars
$260.01
-0.9%
$267.48
+2.9%
+20.4%$58.62B$12.12B17.7619,600
UNP
Union Pacific
4.7508 of 5 stars
$235.38
-0.4%
$255.17
+8.4%
+2.1%$140.63B$24.25B21.2132,439Positive News
ENB
Enbridge
3.4019 of 5 stars
$44.13
-1.4%
$67.00
+51.8%
+23.4%$96.22B$38.22B22.7514,500Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
2.3347 of 5 stars
$50.74
-0.6%
$55.50
+9.4%
+21.0%$51.80B$11.93B11.725,560Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RYAAY
Ryanair
4.6752 of 5 stars
$58.29
+0.8%
$108.50
+86.1%
-51.9%$30.97B$14.98B18.2425,952
VIK
Viking
3.6218 of 5 stars
$55.11
-0.6%
$50.33
-8.7%
+61.4%$24.42B$5.33B44.8012,000
BIP
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
4.7967 of 5 stars
$33.22
-2.5%
$41.67
+25.4%
+4.5%$15.43B$21.04B-1,660.1761,000Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:CNI) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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