Dividends

CNICanadian National Railway Co

StockNYSECanadaIndustrialsEU retail: available
7/10
Trailing 12-month yieldi
1,66%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2,21%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
1,99 $
Payments per year
4
Dividend safetyi
63 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

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Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+0,6%
Years of dividend growth
0
Years without a cut
0
Payout ratio (earnings)
26%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
65%

Annual total differs from the company's SEC filing

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Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 0,282 $, 2017 1,27 $, 2018 1,39 $, 2019 1,61 $, 2020 1,75 $, 2021 1,97 $, 2022 2,25 $, 2023 2,32 $, 2024 2,46 $, 2025 1,91 $2016: 0,282 $2017: 1,27 $2018: 1,39 $2019: 1,61 $2020: 1,75 $2021: 1,97 $2022: 2,25 $2023: 2,32 $2024: 2,46 $2025: 1,91 $

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Ex-dividend datePayment dateAmount per shareTypeStatusFeeds
08 set 2026—0,663 $RegularSingle source2
09 giu 2026—0,656 $RegularSingle source2
10 mar 2026—0,674 $RegularSingle source2
08 set 2025—0,642 $RegularSingle source2

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What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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