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Canadian National Railway Co (FRA:CY2) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 27.59 (As of Jun. 24, 2025)


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What is Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-24), Canadian National Railway Co's current share price is €88.00. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €3.19. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 27.59.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CY2' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 27.2   Med: 44.95   Max: 54.33
Current: 28.37

During the past years, Canadian National Railway Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 54.33. The lowest was 27.20. And the median was 44.95.

FRA:CY2's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.64% of 415 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 15.38 vs FRA:CY2: 28.37

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Canadian National Railway Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was €0.661. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €3.19 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

Canadian National Railway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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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
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Competitive Comparison of Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

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

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=88.00/3.19
=27.59

* 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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.661/129.1809*129.1809
=0.661

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Canadian National Railway Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.485 100.500 0.623
201509 0.599 100.421 0.771
201512 0.547 99.947 0.707
201603 0.513 101.054 0.656
201606 0.530 102.002 0.671
201609 0.524 101.765 0.665
201612 0.657 101.449 0.837
201703 0.786 102.634 0.989
201706 0.731 103.029 0.917
201709 0.617 103.345 0.771
201712 0.416 103.345 0.520
201803 0.278 105.004 0.342
201806 0.743 105.557 0.909
201809 0.502 105.636 0.614
201812 0.584 105.399 0.716
201903 0.267 106.979 0.322
201906 0.490 107.690 0.588
201909 0.695 107.611 0.834
201912 0.476 107.769 0.571
202003 0.524 107.927 0.627
202006 0.960 108.401 1.144
202009 0.476 108.164 0.568
202012 1.038 108.559 1.235
202103 0.506 110.298 0.593
202106 0.713 111.720 0.824
202109 1.532 112.905 1.753
202112 1.146 113.774 1.301
202203 0.196 117.646 0.215
202206 1.075 120.806 1.150
202209 1.514 120.648 1.621
202212 1.388 120.964 1.482
202303 0.605 122.702 0.637
202306 1.163 124.203 1.210
202309 0.628 125.230 0.648
202312 1.561 125.072 1.612
202403 0.573 126.258 0.586
202406 1.023 127.522 1.036
202409 0.631 127.285 0.640
202412 1.119 127.364 1.135
202503 0.661 129.181 0.661

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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  (FRA:CY2) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Canadian National Railway Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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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