All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

CNI: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

CNI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CNI returned +6.22% over the past year and +12.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 17, 1995, CNI is up +7,305.62% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.15%/yr, and is currently −23.36% below its real total-return high on Oct. 22, 2021.

Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
CNI
×
+12.91%
2026-05-22
+6.22%
2026-05-22
Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
CNI
×
+7,305.62%
+15.15%/yr
+14.05%/yr
(R2=0.931)
Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
CNI
×
$10,000.00
1995-11-17
$740,561.72
2026-05-22
Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year CNI
2026 (YTD) +12.91%
2025 −2.69%
2024 −19.82%
2023 +4.34%
2022 −7.40%
2021 +6.24%
2020 +22.01%
2019 +21.49%
2018 −10.32%
2017 +21.85%
2016 +20.34%
2015 −18.17%
2014 +21.66%
2013 +25.45%
2012 +15.93%
2011 +16.83%
2010 +22.58%
2009 +46.98%
2008 −20.29%
2007 +6.44%
2006 +6.30%
2005 +28.11%
2004 +42.93%
2003 +52.41%
2002 −14.35%
2001 +63.22%
2000 +11.11%
1999 +1.62%
1998 +10.21%
1997 +24.84%
1996 +151.98%
1995 +0.09%

Drawdowns

Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
CNI
×
−23.36%
from 2021-10-22 peak
−47.86%
2009-03-09
from 2007-07-18 peak
Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
CNI
×
+6.22% −11.62%
−6.00%/yr
−5.46%
−1.86%/yr
−2.24%
−0.45%/yr
+70.60%
+5.48%/yr
Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock