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What Canadian National Railway (CNI) Investors Need to Know Today

Shares of Industrials sector company Canadian National Railway moved 2.5% today, and are now trading at a price of $117.56. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 1,569,048 compared to its average volume of 1,203,251. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and marine transportation and logistics business in Canada and the United States. The company is based in Montreal and has 25,656 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $74,004,021,248. Canadian National Railway currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.9% per year.

23 analysts are following Canadian National Railway and have set target prices ranging from $97.51 to $180.89 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At today's prices, CNI is trading -12.07% away from its average analyst target price of $133.69 per share.

Over the last year, CNI's share price has increased by 4.7%, which represents a difference of -22.3% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $134.02 per share whereas its 52 week low is $103.96. With average free cash flows of $2.59 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 6.0% over the last 5 years, Canadian National Railway is in a position to continue its strong stock performance trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2020 6,165,000 2,863,000 3,302,000 60.45
2019 5,923,000 3,865,000 2,058,000 -13.78
2018 5,918,000 3,531,000 2,387,000 -16.04
2017 5,516,000 2,673,000 2,843,000 13.4
2016 5,202,000 2,695,000 2,507,000 3.0
2015 5,140,000 2,706,000 2,434,000
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