Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBITDA (2009 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway (CNI) recorded EBITDA of $2.27 billion in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 6.6% from $2.13 billion a year earlier and up 11.5% from the prior quarter.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBITDA (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Canadian National Railway's EBITDA came in at $8.47 billion as of Jun 30, 2026, up 3.3% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at $6.1 billion, up 2.6% from the prior year.
- Annual EBITDA has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.1% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Across earlier years, EBITDA came in at $5.94 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-4.7%), $6.24 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-5.4%), $6.59 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+13.0%) and $5.83 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+22.8%).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 is the highest quarterly EBITDA since the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA rose in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 1.9%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for EBITDA in the last five years was growth of 37.4% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021, against a decline of 16.6% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $2.03 billion (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $2.06 billion (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $2.11 billion (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.27 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.98 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.99 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.02 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.01 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.16 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.97 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.05 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.11 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.37 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.19 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.65 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.81 Bn |
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Canadian National Railway Co EBITDA API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda", "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=ebitda&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();