Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)
NYSE: CNI · Real-Time Price · USD
104.70
+4.34 (4.32%)
At close: May 12, 2025, 4:00 PM
104.70
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: May 12, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT

Canadian National Railway Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Canadian National Railway stock have an average target of 118.95, with a low estimate of 101 and a high estimate of 163. The average target predicts an increase of 13.61% from the current stock price of 104.70.

Analyst Consensus: Hold
Target Low Average Median High
Price $101 $118.95 $114 $163
Change -3.53% +13.61% +8.88% +55.68%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Canadian National Railway stock from 15 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Dec '24Jan '25Feb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25
Strong Buy 133333
Buy 122223
Hold 1410101087
Sell 000000
Strong Sell 112222
Total 171617171515

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
RBC Capital
RBC Capital
Buy
Maintains
$165$163
Buy Maintains $165$163 +55.68% May 2, 2025
Stephens & Co.
Stephens & Co.
Hold
Maintains
$105$109
Hold Maintains $105$109 +4.11% May 2, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$104$101
Hold Maintains $104$101 -3.53% May 2, 2025
Evercore ISI Group
Evercore ISI Group
Buy
Maintains
$119$114
Buy Maintains $119$114 +8.88% May 2, 2025
Stifel
Stifel
Strong Buy
Maintains
$125$115
Strong Buy Maintains $125$115 +9.84% Apr 14, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
18.09B
from 17.05B
Increased by 6.12%
Revenue Next Year
19.08B
from 18.09B
Increased by 5.48%
EPS This Year
7.98
from 7.01
Increased by 13.78%
EPS Next Year
8.92
from 7.98
Increased by 11.79%
Fiscal Year FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027
Period Ending Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
13.82B14.48B17.11B16.83B17.05B18.09B19.08B20.14B
Revenue Growth
-7.36%4.76%18.17%-1.63%1.30%6.12%5.48%5.54%
EPS
4.976.907.448.537.017.988.929.95
EPS Growth
-14.75%38.83%7.83%14.65%-17.82%13.78%11.79%11.54%
Forward PE
-----18.3416.4114.71
No. Analysts
-----272711
Financial currency is CAD. Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 20252026202720282029
High 19.4B 20.6B 21.9B
Avg 18.1B 19.1B 20.1B
Low 16.9B 17.9B 19.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 20252026202720282029
High
13.9%
13.6%
14.5%
Avg
6.1%
5.5%
5.5%
Low
-0.7%
-1.0%
-0.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS 20252026202720282029
High 8.57 9.95 11.33
Avg 7.98 8.92 9.95
Low 7.30 8.04 9.21

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 20252026202720282029
High
22.2%
24.8%
27.1%
Avg
13.8%
11.8%
11.5%
Low
4.2%
0.8%
3.3%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.