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Net Profit Margin for Canadian National Railway (CNI)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

27.2%

YoY change

+1.18pp

Trough year (1995)

-27.4%

Peak year (2017)

42.1%

Net Profit Margin history chart for Canadian National Railway (CNI) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: 27.3%

Net Profit Margin change chart for Canadian National Railway (CNI) from 1995 to 2025

Latest: +1.18pp

Net Profit Margin history table for Canadian National Railway (CNI) from 1995 to 2025

  • 202527.3%+1.18pp
  • 202426.1%-7.33pp
  • 202333.4%+3.51pp
  • 202229.9%-3.92pp
  • 202133.8%+8.19pp
  • 202025.7%-2.61pp
  • 201928.3%-1.96pp
  • 201830.2%-11.83pp
  • 201742.1%+11.81pp
  • 201630.2%+2.19pp
  • 201528.1%+1.95pp
  • 201426.1%+1.40pp
  • 201324.7%-2.32pp
  • 201227.0%-0.20pp
  • 201127.2%+1.86pp
  • 201025.4%+0.19pp
  • 200925.2%+2.82pp
  • 200822.3%-4.99pp
  • 200727.3%+1.01pp
  • 200626.3%+4.83pp
  • 200521.5%+2.28pp
  • 200419.2%+1.98pp
  • 200317.2%+4.14pp
  • 200213.1%-5.31pp
  • 200118.4%+1.14pp
  • 200017.3%+2.92pp
  • 199914.3%+7.88pp
  • 19986.5%-17.60pp
  • 199724.1%+2.68pp
  • 199621.4%+48.82pp
  • 1995-27.4%—

Net Profit Margin values are taken from Canadian National Railway's reported income statements (interim 6-K and annual 20-F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in CAD as filed.

About Net Profit Margin at Canadian National Railway (CNI)

According to Canadian National Railway's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 27.2%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

The 2025 reading of Canadian National Railway (CNI) net margin is 27.28% – expanded 1.2 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, net margin reached its high of 42.05% in 2017 and its low of -27.44% in 1995.

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin by Year

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin 2025: 27.3%

2025's net margin for Canadian National Railway came in at 27.28%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2024.

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin 2024: 26.1%

Canadian National Railway posted net margin of 26.09% in 2024, contracted 7.3 percentage points from 2023.

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin 2023: 33.4%

In 2023, Canadian National Railway reported net margin of 33.43%, expanded 3.5 percentage points from 2022.

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin 2022: 29.9%

Canadian National Railway net margin in 2022 was 29.92%, contracted 3.9 percentage points from 2021.

Canadian National Railway Net Profit Margin 2021: 33.8%

Canadian National Railway net margin in 2021 was 33.84%.

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