Zacks Research Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for TSE:CNR

Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian National Railway in a report issued on Friday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the company will post earnings of $7.49 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $7.62. The consensus estimate for Canadian National Railway’s current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Canadian National Railway’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.94 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.07 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.88 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.19 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $2.11 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.77 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on CNR. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on Canadian National Railway from C$148.00 to C$152.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Canadian National Railway from C$154.00 to C$153.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays decreased their target price on Canadian National Railway from C$145.00 to C$135.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein cut their price target on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$149.00 to C$148.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Finally, Desjardins reduced their price target on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$155.00 to C$151.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, October 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$152.53.

Canadian National Railway Trading Down 2.0%

CNR stock opened at C$131.35 on Monday. Canadian National Railway has a twelve month low of C$126.11 and a twelve month high of C$157.95. The stock has a market capitalization of C$80.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.38 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 107.59. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$132.41 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$136.21.

Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported C$1.83 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$4.17 billion for the quarter. Canadian National Railway had a return on equity of 27.10% and a net margin of 31.20%.

Canadian National Railway Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Investors of record on Monday, September 29th were paid a $0.8875 dividend. This represents a $3.55 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 8th. Canadian National Railway’s payout ratio is currently 47.66%.

About Canadian National Railway

Canadian National’s railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019, CN delivered almost 6 million carloads over its 19,600 miles of track. CN generated roughly CAD 14 billion in total revenue by hauling intermodal containers (25% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (21%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (6%), and coal (4%).