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Canadian National Railway Co (TSX:CNR) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : C$28.17 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Canadian National Railway Co's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was C$31.139. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is C$28.17 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, Canadian National Railway Co's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was -100.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 10.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 9.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Canadian National Railway Co was 11.50% per year. The lowest was 7.50% per year. And the median was 8.65% per year.

As of today (2024-04-27), Canadian National Railway Co's current stock price is C$171.25. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$28.17. Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 6.08.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Canadian National Railway Co was 7.62. The lowest was 4.45. And the median was 6.27.


Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Canadian National Railway Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Canadian National Railway Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.36 27.02 27.57 27.90 28.17

Competitive Comparison of Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

For the Railroads subindustry, Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Canadian National Railway Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Canadian National Railway Co's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=31.139/125.4675*125.4675
=31.139

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 125.4675.

Canadian National Railway Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 16.304 99.473 20.565
201409 16.874 99.394 21.300
201412 16.643 98.367 21.228
201503 17.088 99.789 21.485
201506 17.475 100.500 21.816
201509 18.243 100.421 22.793
201512 18.956 99.947 23.796
201603 18.931 101.054 23.505
201606 19.198 102.002 23.615
201609 19.723 101.765 24.317
201612 19.426 101.449 24.025
201703 19.683 102.634 24.062
201706 20.041 103.029 24.406
201709 20.161 103.345 24.477
201712 22.428 103.345 27.229
201803 22.559 105.004 26.955
201806 23.594 105.557 28.044
201809 24.078 105.636 28.598
201812 24.257 105.399 28.876
201903 24.210 106.979 28.394
201906 25.010 107.690 29.139
201909 25.845 107.611 30.134
201912 25.265 107.769 29.414
202003 26.452 107.927 30.751
202006 26.451 108.401 30.615
202009 27.194 108.164 31.544
202012 27.665 108.559 31.974
202103 27.988 110.298 31.837
202106 28.730 111.720 32.265
202109 30.623 112.905 34.030
202112 32.452 113.774 35.787
202203 31.486 117.646 33.579
202206 31.653 120.806 32.874
202209 32.453 120.648 33.749
202212 31.868 120.964 33.054
202303 31.414 122.702 32.122
202306 31.024 124.203 31.340
202309 30.734 125.230 30.792
202312 31.299 125.468 31.299
202403 31.139 125.468 31.139

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Canadian National Railway Co  (TSX:CNR) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Canadian National Railway Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=171.25/28.17
=6.08

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Canadian National Railway Co was 7.62. The lowest was 4.45. And the median was 6.27.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Canadian National Railway Co (TSX:CNR) Business Description

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935 de La Gauchetiere Street West, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 2M9
Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2022, CN generated roughly CAD 17.1 billion in revenue by hauling intermodal containers (29% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (19%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (5%), and coal (5%). Other items constitute the remaining revenue.

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