CNICanadian National Railway Co
+2.5% today · +36.2% over a year
9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 87% of the instruments we score
Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 23.4). Dividend yield 2.34%.
Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) dividends: trailing yield 2.34%, Dividend Safety 84/100, not lowered for 17 years, 5-year growth 9.0% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
We do not estimate tax on distributions from Canada yet.
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Next payment
No upcoming payment has been announced yet.
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +9.0%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 17
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 24
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 39%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 65%
Annual total differs from the company's SEC filing
Sources disagreeDividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Sep 2026 | 29 Sep 2026 | $0.663 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 09 Jun 2026 | 30 Jun 2026 | $0.993 | Regular | Sources disagree | 3 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | $0.674 | Regular | Verified | 3 |
| 09 Dec 2025 | 30 Dec 2025 | $0.65 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
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