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After finishing at $100.07 in the prior trading day, Canadian National Railway Co (NYSE: CNI) closed at $99.76, down -0.31%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.31 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.6 million shares were traded. CNI stock price reached its highest trading level at $100.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $98.54.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CNI by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 224.44 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.48 and its Current Ratio is at 0.66. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.95.
On January 16, 2025, Stifel Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also lowered its target price recommendation from $132 to $120.
Jefferies Upgraded its Hold to Buy on January 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $120.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CNI now has a Market Capitalization of 62771585024 and an Enterprise Value of 83561447424. As of this moment, Canadian’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.49, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.00. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.62. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.03 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.28. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.902 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.637.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNI is 0.94, which has changed by -0.24148417 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNI has reached a high of $132.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $93.64. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.36%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.34%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.40M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1155700 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 627.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 606.94M. Insiders hold about 3.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 68.84% stake in the company. Shares short for CNI as of 1741910400 were 3064688 with a Short Ratio of 2.31, compared to 1739491200 on 2131338.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, CNI’s forward annual dividend rate was 3.38, compared to 2.45 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.033776358The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.84. The current Payout Ratio is 48.22% for CNI, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-09-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1741564800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-12-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
