Canadian National Railway Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Canadian National Railway stock have an average target of 128.73, with a low estimate of 112 and a high estimate of 190. The average target predicts an increase of 25.59% from the current stock price of 102.50.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$112	$128.73	$123	$190
Change	+9.27%	+25.59%	+20.00%	+85.37%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Canadian National Railway stock from 17 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	1	0	1	1	3	3
Buy	0	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	16	16	14	14	10	10
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	1	1	1	1	2
Total	17	18	17	17	16	17

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Rick Paterson Loop Capital	Loop Capital	Hold → Strong Sell Downgrades n/a	Hold → Strong Sell	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Feb 3, 2025
Walter Spracklin RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $174 → $171	Buy	Maintains	$174 → $171	+66.83%	Jan 31, 2025
Benjamin Nolan Stifel	Stifel	Strong Buy Maintains $120 → $125	Strong Buy	Maintains	$120 → $125	+21.95%	Jan 31, 2025
Brandon Oglenski Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $121 → $112	Hold	Maintains	$121 → $112	+9.27%	Jan 17, 2025
Benjamin Nolan Stifel	Stifel	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $132 → $120	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$132 → $120	+17.07%	Jan 16, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

18.24B

from 17.05B

6.98%

from 17.05B

Revenue Next Year

19.28B

from 18.24B

5.71%

from 18.24B

EPS This Year

8.22

from 7.01

17.22%

from 7.01

EPS Next Year

9.24

from 8.22

12.42%

from 8.22

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	13.82B	14.48B	17.11B	16.83B	17.05B	18.24B	19.28B	20.79B
Revenue Growth	-7.36%	4.76%	18.17%	-1.63%	1.30%	6.98%	5.71%	7.87%
EPS	4.97	6.90	7.44	8.53	7.01	8.22	9.24	10.32
EPS Growth	-14.75%	38.83%	7.83%	14.65%	-17.82%	17.22%	12.42%	11.69%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.88	15.90	14.24
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	23	5

Financial currency is CAD. Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	19.6B	20.7B	21.9B
Avg	18.2B	19.3B	20.8B
Low	17.2B	17.8B	20.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	14.9%	13.3%	13.8%
Avg	7.0%	5.7%	7.9%
Low	1.2%	-2.1%	4.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	8.91	10.25	10.82
Avg	8.22	9.24	10.32
Low	7.60	8.47	9.84

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	27.2%	24.7%	17.2%
Avg	17.2%	12.4%	11.7%
Low	8.3%	3.0%	6.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.