Financials Canadian National Railway Company

Equities

CNR

CA1363751027

Ground Freight & Logistics

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 04:16:18 2024-05-31 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
173.5 ^CAD	+2.22%		+0.09%	+4.17%

May. 29	CN Expands its Fire-Fighting Capacity with the Addition of Two Trains	MT
May. 28	Norfolk Southern appoints ex-Canadian National chief Mongeau as its new board chair	RE

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	84,035	99,385	109,745	108,728	107,541	110,464	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	97,767	111,722	121,392	123,829	125,539	130,917	132,300	132,219
P/E ratio	20.1 x	28 x	22.6 x	21.6 x	19.5 x	21.7 x	19.4 x	18.1 x
Yield	1.83%	1.64%	1.58%	1.82%	1.9%	1.95%	2.08%	2.19%
Capitalization / Revenue	5.63 x	7.19 x	7.58 x	6.36 x	6.39 x	6.22 x	5.86 x	5.58 x
EV / Revenue	6.55 x	8.08 x	8.39 x	7.24 x	7.46 x	7.37 x	7.02 x	6.68 x
EV / EBITDA	13.7 x	16.3 x	16.8 x	14.4 x	14.9 x	14.5 x	13.5 x	12.6 x
EV / FCF	49.1 x	33.8 x	29.8 x	31.6 x	33.2 x	36.5 x	32.2 x	32.7 x
FCF Yield	2.04%	2.96%	3.36%	3.16%	3.01%	2.74%	3.11%	3.06%
Price to Book	4.64 x	5.06 x	4.79 x	5.05 x	5.45 x	5.71 x	5.62 x	5.36 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	715,370	710,200	706,300	676,000	645,695	636,682	-	-
Reference price ²	117.5	139.9	155.4	160.8	166.6	173.5	173.5	173.5
Announcement Date	1/28/20	1/26/21	1/25/22	1/24/23	1/23/24	-	-	-

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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	14,917	13,819	14,477	17,107	16,828	17,771	18,835	19,801
EBITDA ¹	7,155	6,852	7,220	8,591	8,414	9,052	9,765	10,464
EBIT ¹	5,708	5,263	5,622	6,862	6,597	7,118	7,776	8,405
Operating Margin	38.27%	38.09%	38.83%	40.11%	39.2%	40.05%	41.28%	42.45%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	5,429	4,544	6,333	6,763	6,488	6,693	7,237	7,749
Net income ¹	4,216	3,562	4,892	5,118	5,625	5,068	5,482	5,877
Net margin	28.26%	25.78%	33.79%	29.92%	33.43%	28.52%	29.11%	29.68%
EPS ²	5.830	5.000	6.890	7.440	8.530	8.000	8.957	9.559
Free Cash Flow ¹	1,992	3,302	4,080	3,917	3,778	3,588	4,112	4,043
FCF margin	13.35%	23.89%	28.18%	22.9%	22.45%	20.19%	21.83%	20.42%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	27.84%	48.19%	56.51%	45.59%	44.9%	39.64%	42.1%	38.64%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	47.25%	92.7%	83.4%	76.53%	67.16%	70.81%	75%	68.79%
Dividend per Share ²	2.150	2.300	2.460	2.930	3.160	3.379	3.603	3.804
Announcement Date	1/28/20	1/26/21	1/25/22	1/24/23	1/23/24	-	-	-

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2021 Q4	2022 Q1	2022 Q2	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2025 Q1	2025 Q2
Net sales ¹	3,753	3,708	4,344	4,513	4,542	4,313	4,057	3,987	4,471	4,249	4,350	4,431	4,762	4,552	4,686
EBITDA ¹	1,962	1,657	2,204	2,367	2,363	2,110	2,049	1,974	2,281	2,008	2,236	2,321	2,479	2,203	2,424
EBIT ¹	1,579	1,237	1,781	1,932	1,912	1,662	1,600	1,517	1,818	1,546	1,762	1,833	1,977	1,705	1,926
Operating Margin	42.07%	33.36%	41%	42.81%	42.1%	38.53%	39.44%	38.05%	40.66%	36.39%	40.51%	41.36%	41.52%	37.46%	41.11%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	1,572	1,212	1,755	1,915	1,881	1,617	1,548	1,451	1,872	1,451	1,647	1,725	1,874	1,590	1,787
Net income ¹	1,199	918	1,325	1,455	1,420	1,220	1,167	1,108	2,130	1,103	1,244	1,300	1,412	1,207	1,352
Net margin	31.95%	24.76%	30.5%	32.24%	31.26%	28.29%	28.77%	27.79%	47.64%	25.96%	28.6%	29.35%	29.64%	26.52%	28.86%
EPS ²	1.690	1.310	1.920	2.130	2.100	1.820	1.760	1.690	3.290	1.720	1.963	2.061	2.251	1.931	2.230
Dividend per Share ²	0.6150	0.7325	0.7325	0.7325	0.7325	0.7900	0.7900	0.7900	0.7900	0.8450	0.8436	0.8879	0.8459	0.9118	0.9118
Announcement Date	1/25/22	4/26/22	7/26/22	10/25/22	1/24/23	4/24/23	7/25/23	10/24/23	1/23/24	4/23/24	-	-	-	-	-

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	13,732	12,337	11,647	15,101	17,998	20,452	21,836	21,755
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	1.919 x	1.8 x	1.613 x	1.758 x	2.139 x	2.259 x	2.236 x	2.079 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	1,992	3,302	4,080	3,917	3,778	3,588	4,112	4,043
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	23.6%	18.9%	23.1%	23.2%	27.1%	25.8%	29.5%	30.9%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	9.92%	8.04%	10.5%	10.3%	10.9%	9.41%	9.83%	10.3%
Assets ¹	42,500	44,294	46,671	49,600	51,664	53,861	55,774	57,061
Book Value Per Share ²	25.30	27.70	32.40	31.90	30.60	30.40	30.90	32.40
Cash Flow per Share ²	8.200	8.650	9.810	9.690	10.60	11.50	13.20	14.70
Capex ¹	3,865	2,863	2,891	2,750	3,187	3,423	3,574	3,638
Capex / Sales	25.91%	20.72%	19.97%	16.08%	18.94%	19.26%	18.97%	18.37%
Announcement Date	1/28/20	1/26/21	1/25/22	1/24/23	1/23/24	-	-	-

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Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Ratings for Canadian National Railway Company

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Investor Rating

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B-

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Analysts' Consensus

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Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

173.5 CAD

Average target price

183.5 CAD

Spread / Average Target

+5.77%

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