Canadian National Railway (CNI)

Industrials · Railroads
$116.59 -1.54% on the day Market cap $70.7B 52-week range $90.74 to $131.55 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Canadian National Railway's free cash flow isn't comparable to its market value here, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CNI's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability9
Growth4
Financial health3
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)21.1x
P/E (forward)20.0x
Price / free cash flow20.9x
EV / EBITDA12.6x
Price / sales4.09x
Price / book4.49x
Revenue growth+1.5%
Operating margin38.1%
Net margin27.3%
Return on equity42.0%
Dividend yield3.1%
Debt / equity1.24x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Canadian National Railway's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20202022202320242025
Revenue$13.8B$17.1B$16.8B$17.0B$17.3B
Net income$3.6B$5.1B$5.6B$4.4B$4.7B
Free cash flow$3.3B$3.9B$3.8B$3.1B$3.4B
EPS (diluted)$5.00$7.44$8.53$7.01$7.57
Operating margin34.6%40.0%39.2%36.6%38.1%

Superinvestors who own CNI

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $711M0.59%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $168M0.06%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Held $6M0.05%Q2 2026
Prem Watsa
Fairfax Financial Holdings
Held $3M0.11%Q2 2026
Lee Ainslie
Maverick Capital
Added $3M0.02%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $1M0.06%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Trimmed $279,3270.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Canadian National Railway's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of CNI in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Canadian National Railway insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of CNI in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Canadian National Railway?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CNI in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Cliff Asness, Tom Gayner.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.