Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025)
Canadian National Railway's Free Cash Flow came in at $1.6 billion for 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) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Canadian National Railway's Free Cash Flow was $2.43 billion, up 5.5% from the prior year.
- Free Cash Flow carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.3% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Going back by year, Free Cash Flow was $2.3 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-17.8%), $2.8 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-7.1%), $3.01 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-7.5%) and $3.26 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+32.1%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Free Cash Flow is $570 million (the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022) to $2.46 billion (the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021).
- Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow increased in three of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 0.5%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Free Cash Flow over five years came in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 (growth of 519.2%), and the weakest in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2022 (a decline of 40.1%).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.48 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.68 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.10 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.81 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.69 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.46 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.43 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.52 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.35 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.86 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.42 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 570.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.81 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.29 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 952.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.66 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 915.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.78 Bn |
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Canadian National Railway Co Free Cash Flow API
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params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();