Canadian National Railway Compa (CNI) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Railroads
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $120.31 — A.R:R is negative (-1.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (1.8% away).
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $120.31 — A.R:R is negative (-1.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (1.8% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 44d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-10Recent Developments — Canadian National Railway Compa
Latest news
- NEWS BHP Canada Inks Agreement With Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Over Potash Movement From Jansen — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 positive
- NEWS CN Announces Its Propane Export Shipments Rise 40% YoY — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 positive
- NEWS CN Announces Record Grain Movement Of 2.96MMT Through Western Canada In May, Surpassing Previous Record From May 2025 — benzinga Jun 1, 2026 positive
- NEWS Canadian National Challenges Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger as Regulators Demand More Details — benzinga May 29, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Keyera, AltaGas And CN Announce Plans To Advance Alberta Corridor Export Rail Terminal Project — benzinga May 20, 2026 neutral
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Revenue shrinking — -0.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $120.31 — A.R:R is negative (-1.6) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (1.8% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $115.77. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $119.34 (-0.8% upside). Prior stop was $115.77. Stop-loss: $115.77.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (1.8% away); Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7.
Canadian National Railway Compa trades at a P/E of 22.2 (forward 19.3). TrendMatrix value score: 5.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover CNI with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $116.
What does Canadian National Railway Compa do?Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and...
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and warehousing, business development, dimensional loads, and private railcar storage, less-than-truckload, and mexico services; intermodal services, such as temperature controlled multimodal, mobile transport trays, port partnerships, transloading and distribution, logistics parks, trucking, and supply chain services. It also offers connecting to rail, short lines, maps and network services. The company serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.