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

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Signals for this name

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

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 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Railroads · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Railroads

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Company snapshot — Canadian National Railway Co

CNR.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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
Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet 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.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.16%, quarterly · last 0.92 CAD on 2026-09-08

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 2.16% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • 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

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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

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

Canadian National Railway Co trades as CNR.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is CNR.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Canadian National Railway Co is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does CNR.TO trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.7% vs the 50-day and +7.5% vs the 200-day average, 9.1% below the 52-week high and +33.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Canadian National Railway Co compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Railroads), Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) sits 9.1% below its 52-week high, 2.7% below its 50-day average; Aurizon Holdings Ltd (AZJ.AU) is 13.7% below, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF.MC) is 1.8% below, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) is 11.8% below. Put any of them next to CNR.TO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

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. Closelooknet'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 Closelooknet 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 2.16% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.92 CAD on 2026-09-08. 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 Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Railroads, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet 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.