In today’s recent session, 1.03 million shares of the Canadian National Railway Co. (NYSE:CNI) have been traded, and its beta is 0.88. Most recently the company’s share price was $123.21, and it changed around -$6.19 or -4.78% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $78.94B. CNI at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $134.02, offering almost -8.77% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $103.96, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 15.62% since then. We note from Canadian National Railway Co.’s average daily trading volume that its 3-month average coming to 1.00 million.
Canadian National Railway Co. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.64. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 26 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 16 recommended CNI as a Hold, whereas 8 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Canadian National Railway Co. is expected to report earnings per share of $1.43 for the current quarter.
Canadian National Railway Co. (NYSE:CNI) trade information
Instantly CNI has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -4.78% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The company’s shares are currently down -1.93% year-to-date, but still down -3.01% over the last five days. On the other hand, Canadian National Railway Co. (NYSE:CNI) is -5.06% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $129.25, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 4.67% from its current value. Analyst projections state that CNI is forecast to be at a low of $111.4046542 and a high of $143.2345554.
Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI) estimates and forecasts
Canadian National Railway Co. share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 16.59 percent over the past six months and at a 10.02% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of 12.00%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 9.20% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 19.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 6.50%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 20 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $3.17 billion in revenue for the current quarter. 20 analysts expect Canadian National Railway Co. to make $3.24 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Sep 2024. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $3.09 billion and $3.03 billion respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 2.50%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 6.70%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 6.82%. Canadian National Railway Co. earnings are expected to increase by 10.76% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 8.43% per year for the next five years.
CNI Dividends
Canadian National Railway Co.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in May. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 1.93 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.38. It is important to note, however, that the 1.93% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
