Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2025)
Canadian National Railway's Cash from Operations was $1.6 billion in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 11.8% from $1.43 billion a year earlier.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Cash from Operations at Canadian National Railway came in at $5.05 billion, up 3.1% from the prior year.
- Cash from Operations shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.9% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Cash from Operations was $4.89 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-5.2%), $5.16 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+0.7%), $5.13 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-7.8%) and $5.56 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+20.9%).
- Quarterly Cash from Operations has moved between $570 million (the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022) and $2.46 billion (the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Cash from Operations was higher in three of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 0.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Cash from Operations over five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 (growth of 168.5%); the worst was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 (a decline of 40.1%).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.60 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.43 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.81 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.51 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.67 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.71 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 570.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.48 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 952.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 915.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.27 Bn |
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Canadian National Railway Co Cash from Operations API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
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params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "ticker": "CNI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();