CNR vs. CP, CNI, TRI, WCN, WSP, GFL, RBA, STN, BBD.B, and CAE
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Waste Connections (WCN), WSP Global (WSP), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Bombardier, Inc. Class B (BBD.B), and CAE (CAE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Canadian National Railway vs. Its Competitors
Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 31.20% compared to Canadian Pacific Kansas City's net margin of 24.50%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 27.10% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian National Railway had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 0 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Canadian National Railway's score of -0.13 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian National Railway currently has a consensus price target of C$155.79, indicating a potential upside of 19.15%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus price target of C$119.46, indicating a potential upside of 17.27%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
Canadian National Railway has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian National Railway 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.
77.0% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of C$3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.1% 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.
Summary
Canadian National Railway beats Canadian Pacific Kansas City on 11 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
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This page (TSE:CNR) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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