CP vs. CNI, CSX, NSC, UNP, FDX, ODFL, DAL, RYAAY, WAB, and UPS
Should you be buying Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Pacific Kansas City include Canadian National Railway (CNI), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Union Pacific (UNP), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Ryanair (RYAAY), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), and United Parcel Service (UPS). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Canadian National Railway had 6 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Canadian National Railway and 11 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.43 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City presently has a consensus price target of $96.42, suggesting a potential upside of 19.38%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus price target of $134.47, suggesting a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 an annual dividend of $2.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 39.7% 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.
72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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