CP vs. CSX, CNI, NSC, RY, UNP, ENB, MPLX, RYAAY, VIK, and LTM
Should you be buying Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Pacific Kansas City include CSX (CSX), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Union Pacific (UNP), Enbridge (ENB), Mplx (MPLX), Ryanair (RYAAY), Viking (VIK), and LATAM Airlines Group (LTM).
Canadian Pacific Kansas City vs. Its Competitors
CSX (NASDAQ:CSX) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 28.05% compared to CSX's net margin of 21.92%. CSX's return on equity of 25.48% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.
CSX has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.6% of CSX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of CSX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSX pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. CSX pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.6% 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. CSX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CSX has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. CSX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CSX had 26 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for CSX and 18 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat CSX's score of 1.10 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CSX presently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus target price of $92.30, indicating a potential upside of 21.95%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than CSX.
Summary
CSX beats Canadian Pacific Kansas City on 12 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:CP) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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