CP vs. CNI, CSX, NSC, UNP, FDX, ODFL, DAL, RYAAY, LUV, and UPS
Should you be buying Canadian Pacific Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Pacific Railway include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Southwest Airlines (LUV), and United Parcel Service (UPS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Canadian Pacific Railway vs.
Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE:CP) and Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
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 Pacific Railway currently has a consensus price target of $90.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.59%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of $142.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Railway.
Canadian Pacific Railway has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.3% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Railway shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 54.87% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Canadian Pacific Railway pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Pacific Railway pays out 19.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 40.1% 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.
In the previous week, Canadian National Railway had 5 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Railway. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 6 mentions for Canadian Pacific Railway. Canadian National Railway's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Canadian Pacific Railway's score of 0.15 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Canadian National Railway beats Canadian Pacific 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 CP 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 Pacific Railway Competitors List
