Canadian National Railway Co (Canadian National Railway Co) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 3.21 (As of Today)

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Canadian National Railway Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.21.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian National Railway Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

CNI' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.95 Med: 2.75 Max: 3.71
Current: 3.21

During the past 13 years, Canadian National Railway Co's highest Yield on Cost was 3.71. The lowest was 1.95. And the median was 2.75.

CNI's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
52.4% of 624 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 3.51 vs CNI: 3.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Railroads subindustry, Canadian National Railway Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Canadian National Railway Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian National Railway Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian National Railway Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Canadian National Railway Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Canadian National Railway Co is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Canadian National Railway Co (NYSE:CNI) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Canadian National Railway Co (Canadian National Railway Co) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

CNI:Mexico CY2:Germany CY2:Germany CNR:Canada CNIC34:Brazil

Address

935 de La Gauchetiere Street West, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 2M9

Website

https://www.cn.ca

Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2022, CN generated roughly CAD 17.1 billion in revenue by hauling intermodal containers (29% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (19%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (5%), and coal (5%). Other items constitute the remaining revenue.