Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Goodwill & Intangibles (2009 - 2025)
Canadian National Railway (CNI) posted Goodwill & Intangibles of $391.83 million for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 12.2% from $349.31 million a year earlier and up 9.9% from the prior quarter.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Goodwill & Intangibles (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
As of Dec 31, 2025, Canadian National Railway's Goodwill & Intangibles came in at $445.89 million, down 27.7% from the prior year.
- Annual Goodwill & Intangibles shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.0% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Canadian National Railway's Goodwill & Intangibles was $616.46 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+6.1%), $581.07 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+59.0%), $365.35 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-10.0%) and $406.16 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+10.8%).
- Quarterly Goodwill & Intangibles has run from a low of $300.01 million in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023 to a high of $604.18 million in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Goodwill & Intangibles increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 4.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Goodwill & Intangibles in the past five years was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2024, with growth of 82.9%; the weakest was the quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, with a decline of 37.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Goodwill & Intangibles for the three prior quarters was $356.58 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $446.74 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $363.32 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 71.71 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 50.83 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 51.42 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 51.57 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 55.53 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 53.69 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 58.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 48.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 50.23 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 53.20 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 54.60 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 56.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 57.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 52.76 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 53.29 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 54.93 Mn |
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Canadian National Railway Co Goodwill & Intangibles API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=goodwill-and-intangibles&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "goodwill-and-intangibles", "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=goodwill-and-intangibles&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();