Canadian National Railway vs Union Pacific
CNI and UNP side by side, both in industrials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CNI and UNP compare
Union Pacific grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.2% versus 1.5% for Canadian National Railway).
Union Pacific keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.8% compared with 27.3% at Canadian National Railway.
Union Pacific pays a dividend yielding 1.8%; Canadian National Railway does not pay one.
Union Pacific scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 8 for Canadian National Railway), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CNI | UNP |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $181B |
| Share price | $123.69 | $304.00 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.8% | 40.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −6.9% | 27.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.59 | 0.66 |
| Employees | 24K | 32K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 24.6× |
| P/S | – | 7.1× |
| P/B | – | 8.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 20.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 27.8× |
| PEG | – | 10.99 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.6% |
| Fair value | – | $231.58 |
| Margin of safety | – | −31.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.5% | 4.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.6% | 4.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 6.1% (better) | 5.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.0% (better) | 7.3% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 8.6% | 8.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 38.1% | 40.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 27.3% | 28.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 19.6% | 25.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 22.1% | 39.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 16.1% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.99 (better) | 1.47 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.46 (better) | 2.82 |
| Interest coverage | 7.2× | 7.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.99 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 4.38 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.8% |
| Payout ratio | 46.8% | 44.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.1% (better) | 7.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.01% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 1.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.8% | 89.2% |
| Held by insiders | 4.3% | 0.13% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$9.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.7% |
Go deeper
- CNI stock overview
- CNI income statement
- CNI valuation and score
- UNP stock overview
- UNP income statement
- UNP valuation and score
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