CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO vs CSX CORPORATION, two Railroads stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNI and CSX diverge most: on revenue growth, CNI reads -16.7% and CSX reads -0.9%; on return on equity, CNI reads 6.5% and CSX reads 22.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CNI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What CSX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNI | CSX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $124.36 | $49.40 |
| Market cap | $58.9B | $92.0B |
| Sector | Railroads | Railroads |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +12.4% |
| P/E | — | 30.3 |
| P/B | 3.72 | 6.77 |
| P/S | 13.62 | 6.50 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.5 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | -16.7% | -0.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 36.0% |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 21.6% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 22.5% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 6.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | 11.1% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.99 | 1.39 |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.97 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.83 | 2.56 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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