CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO vs NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP, two Railroads stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNI and NSC diverge most: on revenue growth, CNI reads -16.7% and NSC reads +2.9%; on p/s, CNI reads 18.06 and NSC reads 6.02. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What NSC'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 | NSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $127.17 | $335.65 |
| Market cap | $78.1B | $75.5B |
| Sector | Railroads | Railroads |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +16.8% |
| P/E | — | 28.6 |
| P/B | 4.93 | 4.65 |
| P/S | 18.06 | 6.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 46.0 | 16.6 |
| Revenue growth | -16.7% | +2.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 32.4% |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 21.0% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 16.2% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 5.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | 9.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.99 | 0.98 |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.25 | 2.35 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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