Dividends

CNICanadian National Railway Co

StockNYSECanadáIndustrialsEU 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 $ 1,912016: $ 0,2822017: $ 1,272018: $ 1,392019: $ 1,612020: $ 1,752021: $ 1,972022: $ 2,252023: $ 2,322024: $ 2,462025: $ 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—$ 0,663RegularSingle source2
09 jun. 2026—$ 0,656RegularSingle source2
10 mar. 2026—$ 0,674RegularSingle source2
08 set. 2025—$ 0,642RegularSingle source2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 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, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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