Canadian National Railway (CNI) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Friday

Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) is expected to announce its Q4 2025 results before the market opens on Friday, January 30th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.42 per share and revenue of $4.4310 billion for the quarter. Interested persons can check the company’s upcoming Q4 2025 earning summary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Friday, January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET.

Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The transportation company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $2.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.15 billion. Canadian National Railway had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 26.86%.Canadian National Railway’s revenue was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.72 EPS. On average, analysts expect Canadian National Railway to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $6 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Canadian National Railway Trading Up 0.6%

CNI opened at $100.02 on Friday. Canadian National Railway has a one year low of $90.74 and a one year high of $108.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 0.60 and a quick ratio of 0.42. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $97.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.98, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 0.96.

Canadian National Railway Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 9th were issued a dividend of $0.8875 per share. This is a boost from Canadian National Railway’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. This represents a $3.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 9th. Canadian National Railway’s dividend payout ratio is currently 48.01%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CNI has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Cibc Captl Mkts raised Canadian National Railway from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Canadian National Railway from $98.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Canadian National Railway from $106.00 to $102.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 29th. CIBC upgraded shares of Canadian National Railway from a “neutral” rating to an “outperformer” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $146.00 to $151.00 in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Canadian National Railway from $148.00 to $158.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $117.64.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CNI. Fulcrum Asset Management LLP purchased a new position in Canadian National Railway during the 3rd quarter valued at about $51,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Canadian National Railway by 52.1% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,118 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $116,000 after purchasing an additional 383 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. increased its stake in shares of Canadian National Railway by 10.9% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 1,377 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $130,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Canadian National Railway by 187.1% during the second quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 1,473 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $153,000 after purchasing an additional 960 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kelleher Financial Advisors purchased a new position in shares of Canadian National Railway during the third quarter valued at approximately $147,000. 80.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Canadian National Railway Company Profile

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.