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Canadian National Railway Co (MEX:CNI N) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.65 (As of Jun. 27, 2025)


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What is Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-27), Canadian National Railway Co's current share price is MXN2314.00. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN497.53. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.65.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:CNI N' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.47   Med: 6.25   Max: 7.62
Current: 4.71

During the past years, Canadian National Railway Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 7.62. The lowest was 4.47. And the median was 6.25.

MEX:CNI N's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
90.33% of 724 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.25 vs MEX:CNI N: 4.71

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Canadian National Railway Co's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN491.085. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is MXN497.53 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Canadian National Railway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Canadian National Railway Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.29 5.60 5.45 4.97 4.65

Competitive Comparison of Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=2314.00/497.53
=4.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Canadian National Railway Co's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=491.085/129.1809*129.1809
=491.085

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Canadian National Railway Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 221.747 100.500 285.028
201509 232.371 100.421 298.919
201512 237.693 99.947 307.216
201603 246.396 101.054 314.978
201606 275.348 102.002 348.717
201609 290.937 101.765 369.318
201612 300.245 101.449 382.321
201703 276.838 102.634 348.445
201706 272.483 103.029 341.648
201709 297.978 103.345 372.473
201712 344.958 103.345 431.198
201803 316.904 105.004 389.870
201806 353.222 105.557 432.274
201809 345.538 105.636 422.554
201812 354.479 105.399 434.463
201903 351.221 106.979 424.111
201906 361.509 107.690 433.651
201909 385.346 107.611 462.585
201912 361.837 107.769 433.727
202003 444.297 107.927 531.790
202006 450.522 108.401 536.883
202009 454.072 108.164 542.299
202012 429.627 108.559 511.237
202103 456.904 110.298 535.127
202106 468.004 111.720 541.150
202109 496.946 112.905 568.584
202112 520.088 113.774 590.517
202203 495.188 117.646 543.742
202206 497.339 120.806 531.818
202209 489.389 120.648 524.002
202212 457.339 120.964 488.406
202303 413.828 122.702 435.679
202306 400.320 124.203 416.363
202309 395.650 125.230 408.131
202312 396.004 125.072 409.012
202403 381.786 126.258 390.626
202406 410.870 127.522 416.216
202409 449.808 127.285 456.509
202412 490.749 127.364 497.751
202503 491.085 129.181 491.085

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Canadian National Railway Co  (MEX:CNI N) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Canadian National Railway Co Business Description

Address
935 de La Gauchetiere Street West, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 2M9
Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2024, CN generated CAD 17 billion in revenue by hauling intermodal containers (22% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (20%), grain and fertilizers (20%), forest products (11%), metals and minerals (12%), automotive shipments (5%), and coal (5%). Other items constitute the remaining revenue.

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