Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Price to Earnings (2020 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway's Price to Earnings was 15.42 in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 7.6% from 14.33 a year earlier and up 13.9% from the prior quarter.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Price to Earnings (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Price to Earnings at Canadian National Railway came in at 17.98, down 8.5% from the prior year.
- In earlier years, Price to Earnings was 19.65 in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+1.3%), 19.40 in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-4.5%), 20.31 in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-8.0%) and 22.06 in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-78.6%).
- The figure for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 marks the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since the quarter ended Jun 30, 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Price to Earnings was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 3.3%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings over five years was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 (growth of 7.6%); the worst was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021 (a decline of 42.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, CNI's Price to Earnings in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 13.55 (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 12.87 (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 12.84 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.43 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.55 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.87 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.85 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.34 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.61 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.36 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.89 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.95 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.40 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.39 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.83 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 15.48 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.64 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.63 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.48 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.40 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 19.46 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 17.61 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.45 |
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Canadian National Railway Co Price to Earnings API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();