CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO vs UNION PACIFIC CORP, two Railroads stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNI and UNP diverge most: on revenue growth, CNI reads -16.7% and UNP reads +1.9%; on return on equity, CNI reads 6.5% and UNP reads 37.1%. 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 UNP'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 | UNP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $124.36 | $286.98 |
| Market cap | $58.9B | $170.4B |
| Sector | Railroads | Railroads |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.0% |
| P/E | — | 23.6 |
| P/B | 3.72 | 8.77 |
| P/S | 13.62 | 6.90 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.5 | 16.1 |
| Revenue growth | -16.7% | +1.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 39.5% |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 29.2% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 37.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 10.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.9% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.99 | 1.53 |
| Current ratio | 0.67 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.83 | 3.91 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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