Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBT Margin (2009 - 2022)
Canadian National Railway (CNI) reported EBT Margin of 35.35% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 1.19 percentage points from 36.54% a year earlier but up 0.61 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) EBT Margin (2009 - 2022) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Canadian National Railway's EBT Margin came in at 35.90%, up 0.88 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it was 36.20%, up 1.87 percentage points from the prior year.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of +3.48 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, EBT Margin came in at 34.33% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-4.22 pp), 38.55% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-0.98 pp), 39.53% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-4.27 pp) and 43.81% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+11.09 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBT Margin spans a low of 32.69% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 and a high of 58.51% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021.
- Year over year, EBT Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.38 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 (a gain of 7.42 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022 (a drop of 16.07 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 34.73% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 37.39% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 36.18% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2022 | 42.43% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 40.40% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 32.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 41.94% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 58.51% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 38.16% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 36.61% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 37.06% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 38.34% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 22.34% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 32.86% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 32.39% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 41.38% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 41.73% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 39.29% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 46.82% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 31.03% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 35.69% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 33.30% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 36.90% |
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