Canadian National Railway

CNI · NYSE · USD

$117.16Change from previous close: −1.46%Absolute change: −$1.74

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$70.78B
Enterprise value
$93.22B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
21.3
Forward P/E
18.5
PEG
2.44
Price/book
4.53
Price/sales
3.98
EV/EBITDA
10.2
EV/revenue
5.25

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
56.0%
Operating margin
40.3%
Net margin
26.9%
ROE
22.0%
ROA
7.7%
Revenue growth (year over year)
11.3%
Earnings growth (year over year)
10.2%

Financial health

Total cash
$307M
Total debt
$22.75B
Debt/equity
1.04
Current ratio
0.87
Quick ratio
0.50

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$2.58
Dividend yield
2.2%
Payout ratio
46.3%
Ex-dividend date
September 8, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$136.18
Median price target
$138.53
High price target
$149.28
Low price target
$110.27
Analysts with a price target
13
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$6.35
EPS estimate, current year
$8.13

Shares and trading

Beta
0.99
Average volume
1.43M
Shares outstanding
604.1M
Float
603.24M
Institutional ownership
73.8%
Insider ownership
0.0%
Short ratio (days)
4.05