Desjardins Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for TSE:CNR

Canadian National Railway (TSE:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) – Equities researchers at Desjardins decreased their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian National Railway in a research report issued to clients and investors on Sunday, November 2nd. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $1.94 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.97. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $151.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Canadian National Railway’s current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian National Railway’s FY2026 earnings at $8.01 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $8.91 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $9.84 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price target on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$149.00 to C$148.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. National Bank Financial lowered shares of Canadian National Railway from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Barclays reduced their price objective on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$145.00 to C$135.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$148.00 to C$158.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Canadian National Railway from C$119.00 to C$120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$152.57.

Canadian National Railway Trading Up 0.4%

TSE:CNR opened at C$134.94 on Tuesday. Canadian National Railway has a one year low of C$126.11 and a one year high of C$158.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 107.59, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.64. The firm has a market cap of C$83.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.33, a P/E/G ratio of 3.38 and a beta of 0.86. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of C$132.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$136.26.

Canadian National Railway Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 29th were paid a $0.8875 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 8th. This represents a $3.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Canadian National Railway’s dividend payout ratio is presently 47.66%.

About Canadian National Railway

Canadian National’s railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019, CN delivered almost 6 million carloads over its 19,600 miles of track. CN generated roughly CAD 14 billion in total revenue by hauling intermodal containers (25% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (21%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (6%), and coal (4%).