Canadian National Railway (CNI) Operating Leases (2016 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway's Operating Leases was $261.7 million in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 10.2% from $237.44 million a year earlier and up 13.2% from the prior quarter.
Canadian National Railway (CNI) Operating Leases (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
As of Dec 31, 2025, Operating Leases at Canadian National Railway came in at $226.17 million, down 9.7% from the prior year.
- Operating Leases shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.5% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Leases was $250.53 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+13.4%), $220.87 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-15.8%), $262.29 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+2.1%) and $256.94 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+10.7%).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 marks the highest quarterly Operating Leases since the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Leases was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 48.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Leases over five years was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2025 (growth of 234.4%); the worst was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023 (a decline of 72.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, CNI's Operating Leases in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was $231.16 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $226.6 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $246.33 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 303.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 254.77 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 227.59 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 230.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 243.60 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 240.47 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 238.31 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 239.03 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 175.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 181.03 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 195.04 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 225.25 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 229.04 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 222.64 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 236.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 251.62 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 261.07 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 62.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 91.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 252.66 Mn |
Canadian National Railway Operating Leases API
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-leases", "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=operating-leases&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();