Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Canadian National Railway (CNI) recorded Retained Earnings of $13.7 billion in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 1.2% from $13.86 billion a year earlier but up 0.5% from the prior quarter.
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Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
As of Dec 31, 2025, Canadian National Railway reported Retained Earnings of $13.54 billion, up 1.0% from the prior year.
- Annual Retained Earnings has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 38.6% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Across earlier years, Retained Earnings came in at $13.41 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-3.0%), $13.83 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-8.0%), $15.02 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-10.3%) and $16.75 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+532.8%).
- Quarterly Retained Earnings has ranged from $12.98 billion in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2024 to $16.68 billion in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Retained Earnings rose in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.8%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Retained Earnings in the last five years was growth of 512.3% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021, against a decline of 13.6% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at $13.63 billion (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $13.57 billion (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $13.65 billion (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.70 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.63 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.57 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.86 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.98 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.55 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.51 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.90 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.54 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.90 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.65 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.68 Bn |
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Canadian National Railway Co Retained Earnings API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-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=retained-earnings&ticker=CNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();