CNI vs. CP, CSX, NSC, UNP, FDX, ODFL, DAL, RYAAY, UPS, and LUV
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Canadian National Railway vs.
Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) and Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE:CP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Pacific Railway pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Railway pays out 19.4% 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 Pacific Railway received 284 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.64% of users gave Canadian Pacific Railway an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus target price of $142.35, suggesting a potential upside of 25.22%. Canadian Pacific Railway has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.79%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Railway.
Canadian Pacific Railway has a net margin of 39.70% compared to Canadian National Railway's net margin of 29.87%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 23.30% beat Canadian Pacific Railway's return on equity.
Canadian National Railway has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Railway. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Railway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Pacific Railway had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Canadian Pacific Railway and 8 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Canadian Pacific Railway's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.38 indicating that Canadian Pacific Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Railway has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.0% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Canadian Pacific Railway beats Canadian National Railway on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Canadian National Railway Competitors List
