Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway (CNI) posted EBITDA Margin of 37.47% for Q2 2026, up 5.93% on a QoQ basis from 35.37% in Q1 2026, and down 87.0% year-over-year from 288.24% in Q2 2025.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Canadian National Railway has reported EBITDA Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 37.47% in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin fell 87.0% year-over-year to 37.47% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 37.55%, a 27.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 38.07%, up 142.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin was 37.47% for Q2 2026 at Canadian National Railway, up from 35.37% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 42.81% in Q3 2022, with the low at 33.09% in Q1 2022.
- Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 38.17%, with a median of 38.2% recorded in 2025.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBITDA Margin surged 948 bps in 2022, then sank 476 bps in 2023.
- Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 42.1% in 2022, then fell by 3 bps to 40.66% in 2023, then dropped by 8 bps to 37.36% in 2024, then grew by 4 bps to 38.82% in 2025, then declined by 3 bps to 37.47% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 37.47% (Q2 2026), 35.37% (Q1 2026), and 38.82% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 37.47% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.37% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 38.82% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 38.56% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 38.34% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.57% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 37.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 36.86% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.99% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 36.39% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 40.66% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 38.05% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 39.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 38.53% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 42.10% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 42.81% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 40.72% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 33.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 41.73% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 37.34% |