CNICanadian National Railway Company
Is the business good?
Earnings fully cash-backed (1.2×). That is the only one of 4 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is improving vs a year ago.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is CNI?
Canadian National Railway Company earns 11% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.0 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 33%
Operating margin · Railroads median 33% · 12 months to Q4 2009
- Cash conversion
- 1.16×
Cash conversion · 0.94× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2019 | 37% |
| FY2020 | 35% |
| FY2022 | 40% |
| FY2023 | 39% |
| FY2024 | 37% |
| FY2025 | 38% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q4 2009
- 33%
- Net margin12 months to Q4 2009
- 25%
- Free cash flow margin
- 12%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $7.37B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $877M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.85B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 11%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.