How did Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) surprise investors with its report?

Canadian National Railway Co [CNI] stock is trading at $99.77, up 1.36%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CNI shares have gain 3.05% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.30%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Canadian National Railway Co [NYSE: CNI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 06, 2025, when Susquehanna upgraded its rating to a Positive but kept the price target unchanged to $120 for it. Previously, Loop Capital downgraded its rating to Sell on February 03, 2025. On January 16, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $120 on the stock. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $120 on January 10, 2025. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight. Citigroup upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on November 12, 2024, and upped its price target to $130. In a note dated October 10, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock.

Canadian National Railway Co [CNI] stock has fluctuated between $91.65 and $129.18 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $117.67 within the next 12 months. Canadian National Railway Co [NYSE: CNI] shares were valued at $99.77 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.94% based on the average CNI price forecast.

Analyzing the CNI fundamentals

Canadian National Railway Co [NYSE:CNI] reported sales of 12.36B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -2.60%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.41% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.37%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.34%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.26%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.22 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.98.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 98.76 points at the first support level, and at 97.76 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 100.30, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 100.84.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Canadian National Railway Co’s Current Ratio is 0.62. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.43, while the Cash Ratio is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 5.06, the price to book ratio is 4.17 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.44.

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