Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the nineteen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $122.0360.

A number of research firms have commented on CNI. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Canadian National Railway in a report on Monday, April 20th. Evercore reduced their target price on Canadian National Railway from $105.00 to $103.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup raised their target price on Canadian National Railway from $123.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Canadian National Railway from $160.00 to $178.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group downgraded Canadian National Railway from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd.

Canadian National Railway Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CNI opened at $111.74 on Wednesday. Canadian National Railway has a 1-year low of $90.74 and a 1-year high of $115.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.49. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $107.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $102.40. The company has a market cap of $67.91 billion, a PE ratio of 20.32, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 0.95.

Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The transportation company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31. Canadian National Railway had a return on equity of 21.90% and a net margin of 27.22%.The company had revenue of $3.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.15 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.85 earnings per share. Canadian National Railway’s quarterly revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that Canadian National Railway will post 5.76 EPS for the current year.

Canadian National Railway Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 9th will be given a $0.915 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 9th. This represents a $3.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.3%. Canadian National Railway’s payout ratio is currently 48.55%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Canadian National Railway

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC grew its stake in Canadian National Railway by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC now owns 5,132 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $507,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Canadian National Railway by 19.4% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 635 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $63,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Tacita Capital Inc grew its stake in Canadian National Railway by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Tacita Capital Inc now owns 19,809 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,960,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL grew its stake in Canadian National Railway by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Roberts Glore & Co. Inc. IL now owns 7,233 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in Canadian National Railway by 10.1% in the 3rd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,231 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $116,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares during the last quarter. 80.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Canadian National Railway News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Canadian National Railway this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised its FY2026 EPS estimate for Canadian National Railway to $5.71 from $5.67, signaling slightly better expectations for the current fiscal year.
• Positive Sentiment: The firm also lifted its Q3 2026 EPS estimate to $1.45 from $1.43 and its Q4 2026 EPS estimate to $1.57 from $1.54, suggesting modestly stronger near-term profitability.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks Research’s updated forecasts for CNI still remain near the consensus full-year EPS estimate of $5.76, so the changes are relatively small in the context of overall expectations.
• Negative Sentiment: The analyst lowered Q2 2026 EPS to $1.38 from $1.40, Q1 2027 to $1.60 from $1.63, Q2 2027 to $1.54 from $1.63, Q3 2027 to $1.55 from $1.56, Q4 2027 to $1.66 from $1.69, FY2027 to $6.35 from $6.51, Q1 2028 to $1.65 from $1.79, and FY2028 to $6.84 from $6.91, which is a mildly negative signal for Canadian National Railway’s growth outlook.

About Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI) is a Class I freight railway that operates an integrated rail network across Canada and the United States. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, CN provides long-haul freight transportation and related logistics services that connect major ports, industrial centers and inland markets throughout North America. Its transcontinental system enables cross-border movement of goods and supports supply chains that span coast-to-coast in Canada and into the central and eastern United States.

CN’s core business is the railborne transportation of a broad mix of commodities, including intermodal container traffic, forest and paper products, grain and other agricultural products, metallurgical and industrial products, petroleum and chemical products, coal and automotive shipments.