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

Canadian National Railway has reported Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.44 in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 7.39% year-over-year to 0.44 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.32, a 4.91% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.28, up 4.03% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.44 for Q2 2026 at Canadian National Railway, up from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 0.16 in Q4 2022, with the low at 0.51 in Q1 2026.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.3, with a median of 0.29 recorded in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Payout Ratio jumped 54.46% in 2022, then tumbled 64.4% in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.16 in 2022, then tumbled by 49.37% to 0.23 in 2023, then grew by 12.25% to 0.2 in 2024, then gained by 8.01% to 0.19 in 2025, then slumped by 134.95% to 0.44 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.44 (Q2 2026), 0.51 (Q1 2026), and 0.19 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.