Stock Research: Canadian National Railway

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Canadian National Railway

TSX:CNR CA1363751027
56
  • Value
    61
  • Growth
    43
  • Safety
    Safety
    41
  • Combined
    37
  • Sentiment
    75
  • 360° View
    360° View
    56
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Company Description

Canadian National Railway Company is a transportation and logistics company. It operates in rail, intermodal, trucking, and supply chain services. They operate throughout North America. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $64,818 million, profits of $8,813 million, and revenue of $11,854 million, with 24671 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 56 (better than 56% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Canadian National Railway are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Canadian National Railway. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 75, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 75% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 61 or better than 61% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 41, meaning that the share price of Canadian National Railway is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 43. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
41 37 32 29
Growth
43 35 71 14
Safety
Safety
61 70 53 65
Sentiment
75 46 80 43
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56 38 73 22
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
32 45 34 37
Opinions Change
50 10 40 16
Pro Holdings
n/a 76 92 36
Market Pulse
66 53 91 92
Sentiment
75 46 80 43
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
41 37 32 29
Growth
43 35 71 14
Safety Safety
61 70 53 65
Combined
37 39 47 21
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
52 48 34 28
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
9 7 9 6
Price vs. Book (P/B)
34 28 30 27
Dividend Yield
90 85 80 81
Value
41 37 32 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
35 42 59 26
Profit Growth
81 47 67 18
Capital Growth
35 59 63 47
Stock Returns
39 21 39 45
Growth
43 35 71 14
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
50 58 58 62
Refinancing
50 42 37 21
Liquidity
66 78 63 78
Safety Safety
61 70 53 65

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