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Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Canadian National Railway Co

CNR.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Canadian National Railway operates freight rail networks across Canada and the United States, moving goods such as grain, forest products, minerals, chemicals and consumer goods. It also runs intermodal, trucking and logistics services connecting rail lines to ports and distribution networks. Incorporated in 1919, the company is headquartered in Montreal and serves a wide range of industrial customers along its network.
Where it sits in the stack
Canadian National Railway carries no seat in our index and sits outside the layers of the build-out; it belongs to the Industrials sector of our universe, grouped with Canadian names rather than any AI-linked sleeve.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Industrials names based in Canada, including Canadian Pacific Railway, TFI International, Bombardier and WSP Global; the market also names Union Pacific as a comparable freight railway.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score, with capital allocation the strongest module and balance sheet the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether balance-sheet pressure eases or persists, since that module currently reads weakest against an otherwise firmer capital-allocation score.

Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 70, quality 69, valuation 39) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CNR.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Railroads · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Railroads

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CNR.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.18%, quarterly · buybacks 2.12 bn CAD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CNR.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.64 CAD per share · a 2.18% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +36.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.66 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.92 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-08
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.55 CAD (partial) · 2026: 2.75 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 2.21 bn CAD 47% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 2.12 bn CAD 2.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.7% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 4.32 bn CAD · 127% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO)?

Canadian National Railway Co trades as CNR.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CNR.TO in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Canadian National Railway Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Canadian National Railway Co's Closelook composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 70, quality 69 and valuation 39 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CNR.TO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.9% vs the 50-day and +7.9% vs the 200-day average, 10% below the 52-week high and +33.7% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Canadian National Railway Co do?

Canadian National Railway operates freight rail networks across Canada and the United States, moving goods such as grain, forest products, minerals, chemicals and consumer goods. It also runs intermodal, trucking and logistics services connecting rail lines to ports and distribution networks. Incorporated in 1919, the company is headquartered in Montreal and serves a wide range of industrial customers along its network. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Industrials names based in Canada, including Canadian Pacific Railway, TFI International, Bombardier and WSP Global; the market also names Union Pacific as a comparable freight railway.

Where does Canadian National Railway Co sit in the AI build-out?

Canadian National Railway carries no seat in our index and sits outside the layers of the build-out; it belongs to the Industrials sector of our universe, grouped with Canadian names rather than any AI-linked sleeve. It carries a Closelook score, with capital allocation the strongest module and balance sheet the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Canadian National Railway Co pay a dividend?

Canadian National Railway Co has paid 3.64 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.18% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.92 CAD on 2026-09-08. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 2.21 bn CAD in dividends and bought back 2.12 bn CAD of its own shares, 127% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CNR.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Railroads, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.