CNI vs. CP, CSX, NSC, UNP, FDX, ODFL, DAL, RYAAY, UPS, and WAB
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Canadian National Railway has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian National Railway had 7 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 9 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.15 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Canadian National Railway pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 32.81% compared to Canadian Pacific Kansas City's net margin of 28.27%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 23.27% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.
Canadian National Railway presently has a consensus price target of $134.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.54%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus price target of $96.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.27%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City received 293 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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