All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNI × |
+12.91%
2026-05-22 |
+6.22%
2026-05-22 |
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| Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNI × |
+7,305.62%
+15.15%/yr |
+14.05%/yr
(R2=0.931) |
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| Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNI × |
$10,000.00
1995-11-17 |
$740,561.72
2026-05-22 |
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| Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| 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% |
| Fri 1995-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNI × |
−23.36%
from 2021-10-22 peak |
−47.86%
2009-03-09 from 2007-07-18 peak |
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| Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| 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 |
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| Canadian National Railway Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||