Company Valuation: Canadian National Railway Company

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope
Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Capitalization 1 99,385 109,745 108,728 107,541 91,888 88,676 - -
Change - 10.42% -0.93% -1.09% -14.55% -3.5% - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 111,722 121,392 123,829 125,539 112,393 109,651 110,905 111,140
Change - 8.65% 2.01% 1.38% -10.47% -2.44% 1.14% 0.21%
P/E ratio 28x 22.6x 21.6x 19.5x 20.8x 18.2x 16.5x 15.2x
PBR 5.06x 4.79x 5.05x 5.45x 4.35x 4.01x 3.9x 3.71x
PEG - 0.6x 2.71x 1.3x -1.2x 1.7x 1.6x 1.83x
Capitalization / Revenue 7.19x 7.58x 6.36x 6.39x 5.39x 5.02x 4.77x 4.53x
EV / Revenue 8.08x 8.39x 7.24x 7.46x 6.59x 6.21x 5.96x 5.68x
EV / EBITDA 16.3x 16.8x 14.4x 14.9x 13.7x 12.4x 11.7x 11x
EV / EBIT 21.2x 21.6x 18x 19x 17.8x 16.1x 15x 13.9x
EV / FCF 33.8x 29.8x 31.6x 33.2x 35.7x 30.6x 28.3x 26.8x
FCF Yield 2.96% 3.36% 3.16% 3.01% 2.8% 3.27% 3.53% 3.73%
Dividend per Share 2 2.3 2.46 2.93 3.16 3.38 3.564 3.756 3.996
Rate of return 1.64% 1.58% 1.82% 1.9% 2.32% 2.53% 2.66% 2.83%
EPS 2 5 6.89 7.44 8.53 7.01 7.752 8.557 9.267
Distribution rate 46% 35.7% 39.4% 37% 48.2% 46% 43.9% 43.1%
Net sales 1 13,819 14,477 17,107 16,828 17,046 17,666 18,609 19,570
EBITDA 1 6,852 7,220 8,591 8,414 8,217 8,843 9,493 10,148
EBIT 1 5,263 5,622 6,862 6,597 6,325 6,827 7,409 7,979
Net income 1 3,562 4,892 5,118 5,625 4,448 4,846 5,205 5,556
Net Debt 1 12,337 11,647 15,101 17,998 20,505 20,974 22,228 22,464
Reference price 2 139.94 155.38 160.84 166.55 145.97 141.09 141.09 141.09
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 710,200 706,300 676,000 645,695 629,500 628,510 - -
Announcement Date 1/26/21 1/25/22 1/24/23 1/23/24 1/30/25 - - -
1CAD in Million2CAD
Estimates

P/E ratio, Detailed evolution

P/E (Y) EV / Sales (Y) EV / EBITDA (Y) Dividend Yield (Y) Capi.($)
18.18x6.21x12.37x2.53% 65.3B
23.92x7.96x15.33x0.77% 74.84B
36.42x2.13x13.61x-.--% 14.19B
19.94x0.73x13.69x2.69% 11.11B
23.92x2.08x7.48x - 10.95B
7.59x2.03x35.2x6.17% 8.29B
35.08x1.19x7.68x1.62% 6.92B
16.54x3.59x6.34x1.92% 6.39B
12.41x1.06x4.63x2.12% 6.09B
Average 21.56x 3.00x 12.92x 2.23% 22.68B
Weighted average by Cap. 21.88x 5.47x 13.70x 1.76%
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Year-on-year evolution of the PER

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Evolution Enterprise Value / Sales

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

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