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How Canadian National Railway Company stacks up
CNI · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
91/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #209 of 2,440 · scores higher than 91% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score257 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including CNI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 91?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 70% of peers. Return on invested capital: 12.2% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 88% of peers. Return on assets: 8.1% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 98% of peers. Operating margin: 38.1% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CNI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CNI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 2,323 reported | 12.2% | 7.1% | 70% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 38.1% | 7.7% | 98% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 8.1% | 3.1% | 88% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 22.4% | 8.0% | 89% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 55.4% | 25.8% | 93% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CNIScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score