Canadian National Railway Compa (CNI) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Industrials · Railroads
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $111.96 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.7% away).
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $111.96 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.7% away). Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.0/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 65d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Canadian National Railway Compa
Latest news
- Keyera, AltaGas And CN Announce Plans To Advance Alberta Corridor Export Rail Terminal Project — benzinga May 20, 2026 neutral
- CN Announces $750M Debt Offering Comprised Of 4.350% Notes Due 2029 And 4.950% Notes Due 2036 — benzinga May 8, 2026 neutral
- CN Announces That It Continues To Review Union Pacific And Norfolk Southern's Amended Merger Application Submitted To Th — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 neutral
- Citigroup Maintains Buy on Canadian National Railway, Raises Price Target to $124 — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 positive
- Scotiabank Maintains Sector Outperform on Canadian National Railway, Raises Price Target to C$162 — benzinga Apr 30, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T21:06:21Z.
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2 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -0.5% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $111.96 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.7% away). Chart setup: RSI 45 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $107.45. Score 5.0/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $113.48 (+0.8% upside). Prior stop was $107.45. Stop-loss: $107.45.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (2.7% away); Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7.
Canadian National Railway Compa trades at a P/E of 20.4 (forward 17.7). TrendMatrix value score: 5.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
27 analysts cover CNI with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $116.
What does Canadian National Railway Compa do?Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and...
Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail, intermodal, trucking, and related transportation businesses in Canada and the United States. The company provides rail services, which include equipment, customs brokerage, transloading and warehousing, business development, dimensional loads, and private railcar storage, less-than-truckload, and mexico services; intermodal services, such as temperature controlled multimodal, mobile transport trays, port partnerships, transloading and distribution, logistics parks, trucking, and supply chain services. It also offers connecting to rail, short lines, maps and network services. The company serves automotive, coal, fertilizers, temperature controlled cargo, forest products, dimensional, grain, metal and minerals, petroleum and chemicals, consumer goods, and third party logistics applications. Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.