EV/EBITDA for Canadian National Railway (CNI)

Canadian National Railway (CNI) EV/EBITDA ratio is 14.4× as of June 5, 2026. The 5-year average is 13.2×. The sector median currently stands at 16.2×. The current ratio is at the 79th percentile of its own 10-year history.

Canadian National Railway (CNI) historical EV/EBITDA ratio has ranged from a low of 4.6× (2011) to a high of 33.1× (2008) in the available daily series.

The EV/EBITDA ratio (the enterprise multiple) compares enterprise value (EV) to trailing twelve-month (TTM) EBITDA. EV is calculated as market capitalisation + total debt − cash & short-term investments. Because EV/EBITDA is capital-structure-neutral and ignores non-cash depreciation and amortisation, it is the standard multiple used in M&A and for cross-company or cross-border comparisons. Note: this calculation uses a simplified EV (minority interest and preferred equity excluded due to data availability), consistent with most public financial-data providers.