Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) Return on Equity (ROE)
Market Cap: $87.85B
Avg Volume: 1.27M
Industry: Railroads
Sector: Industrials
Return on Equity (ROE) Summary
Canadian National Railway's ROE measures the return generated on shareholders' equity:
- Annual: 21.13%
- Quarterly: 5.44%
- TTM: 22.27%
What is Return on Equity (ROE)?
Return on Equity measures a company's ability to generate profits from its shareholders' equity. It indicates how effectively the management is using the company’s assets to create profits. A higher ROE generally reflects well on the company’s management and its ability to generate profits without needing as much capital.
Related Metrics
Other important metrics to assess Canadian National Railway's profitability include:
- ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) - measures how effectively the company uses its invested capital to generate profits:
- Annual: 8.73%
- Quarterly: 2.27%
- TTM: 9.59%
- ROA (Return on Assets) - measures the return generated on the company's assets:
- Annual: 7.79%
- Quarterly: 2.01%
- TTM: 8.47%
- Profit Margin - indicates the profitability of the company relative to its revenue:
- Annual: 26.09%
- Quarterly: 26.30%
- TTM: 26.08%
These metrics provide insights into Canadian National Railway's profitability and efficiency in using its capital and assets to generate returns. Comparing these ratios with industry benchmarks can offer a deeper understanding of the company's performance.
Annual ROE
21.13%
Quarterly ROE
5.44%
TTM ROE
22.27%
Canadian National Railway Historical ROE
Historical ROIC
Historical ROA
Canadian National Railway Historical Profitability Metrics
The table below shows various profitability metrics for each year, with the latest data available for the last fiscal year 2024.
| Year | ROE | ROIC | ROA | Profit Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.13% | 8.73% | 7.79% | 26.09% |
| 2023 | 27.96% | 11.42% | 10.68% | 33.43% |
| 2022 | 23.93% | 10.78% | 10.10% | 29.92% |
| 2021 | 21.54% | 9.42% | 10.09% | 33.84% |
| 2020 | 18.04% | 8.80% | 7.91% | 25.65% |
| 2019 | 23.37% | 10.45% | 9.63% | 28.26% |
| 2018 | 24.53% | 10.73% | 10.50% | 30.22% |
| 2017 | 32.93% | 15.79% | 14.57% | 42.05% |
| 2016 | 24.53% | 11.01% | 9.82% | 30.24% |
| 2015 | 23.67% | 10.95% | 9.72% | 28.05% |
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