Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Canadian National Railway has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.24 in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 10.18% year-over-year to 0.24 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.22, a 0.97% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.21, up 1.15% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.24 for Q2 2026 at Canadian National Railway, up from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.15 in Q4 2023, with the low at 0.75 in Q3 2023.
• Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.27, with a median of 0.2 recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 331.79% in 2023, then surged 76.05% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.15 in 2022, then rose by 1.54% to 0.15 in 2023, then declined by 18.8% to 0.18 in 2024, then gained by 12.72% to 0.16 in 2025, then plunged by 52.34% to 0.24 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.24 (Q2 2026), 0.33 (Q1 2026), and 0.16 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.