CNI vs. UNP, CP, CSX, NSC, FIP, GE, UPS, FDX, ODFL, and DAL
Should you be buying Canadian National Railway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian National Railway include Union Pacific (UNP), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), General Electric (GE), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), and Delta Air Lines (DAL).
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) and Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Canadian National Railway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian National Railway pays an annual dividend of $2.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Union Pacific pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian National Railway pays out 39.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Union Pacific has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Canadian National Railway has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Union Pacific is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Canadian National Railway has a net margin of 32.81% compared to Canadian National Railway's net margin of 26.52%. Canadian National Railway's return on equity of 44.34% beat Union Pacific's return on equity.
Union Pacific received 539 more outperform votes than Canadian National Railway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Union Pacific an outperform vote while only 52.45% of users gave Canadian National Railway an outperform vote.
Union Pacific has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian National Railway has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Union Pacific had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian National Railway. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Union Pacific and 7 mentions for Canadian National Railway. Union Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Canadian National Railway's score of 0.70 indicating that Canadian National Railway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Union Pacific has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian National Railway. Canadian National Railway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Union Pacific presently has a consensus target price of $259.61, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Canadian National Railway has a consensus target price of $134.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.61%. Given Canadian National Railway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Union Pacific is more favorable than Canadian National Railway.
Summary
Union Pacific beats Canadian National Railway on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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