Canadian National Railway Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Canadian National Railway stock have an average target of 117.36, with a low estimate of 97 and a high estimate of 158. The average target predicts an increase of 19.56% from the current stock price of 98.16.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$97	$117.36	$110	$158
Change	-1.18%	+19.56%	+12.06%	+60.96%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Canadian National Railway stock from 12 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	4	4	4	4	4	4
Hold	6	6	6	5	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	2	2	2	2	1	1
Total	15	15	15	14	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Kevin Chiang CIBC	CIBC	Hold → Buy Upgrades $146 → $151	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$146 → $151	+53.83%	Nov 28, 2025
Ariel Rosa Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $119 → $120	Strong Buy	Maintains	$119 → $120	+22.25%	Nov 3, 2025
Walter Spracklin RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $148 → $158	Buy	Maintains	$148 → $158	+60.96%	Nov 3, 2025
Jonathan Chappell Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $98 → $103	Hold	Maintains	$98 → $103	+4.93%	Nov 3, 2025
Bascome Majors Susquehanna	Susquehanna	Buy Maintains $115 → $116	Buy	Maintains	$115 → $116	+18.17%	Nov 3, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

17.44B

from 17.05B

2.31%

from 17.05B

Revenue Next Year

18.13B

from 17.44B

3.95%

from 17.44B

EPS This Year

7.58

from 7.01

8.20%

from 7.01

EPS Next Year

8.17

from 7.58

7.65%

from 7.58

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	13.82B	14.48B	17.11B	16.83B	17.05B	17.44B	18.13B
Revenue Growth	-7.36%	4.76%	18.17%	-1.63%	1.30%	2.31%	3.95%
EPS	4.97	6.90	7.44	8.53	7.01	7.58	8.17
EPS Growth	-14.75%	38.83%	7.83%	14.65%	-17.82%	8.20%	7.65%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.90	16.62
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	25	25

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	18.2B	19.3B
Avg	17.4B	18.1B
Low	16.8B	17.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	6.9%	10.6%
Avg	2.3%	4.0%
Low	-1.4%	-0.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	7.98	8.99
Avg	7.58	8.17
Low	7.29	5.93

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	13.8%	18.5%
Avg	8.2%	7.7%
Low	4.0%	-21.8%

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.