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 Pacific Kansas City (TSE:CP) and Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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 71 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 8 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Canadian National Railway's score of -0.22 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 an annual dividend of C$3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 36.5% 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.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has a consensus target price of C$120.62, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus target price of C$155.79, indicating a potential upside of 18.56%. Given Canadian National Railway's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian National Railway is more favorable than Canadian Pacific Kansas City.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
76.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Canadian National Railway shares are held 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.
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.
Summary
Canadian National Railway beats Canadian Pacific Kansas City on 11 of the 18 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 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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