Canadian National Railway Company (CNR.TO)
Montreal, QC, CA
Canadian National Railway (CN), along with its affiliated companies, specializes in railroad operations and integrated transportation services. The company handles a wide variety of commodities, including energy products like petroleum and chemicals, agricultural goods such as grain and fertilizers, raw materials including coal, metals, and minerals, as well as forest products, intermodal freight, and automotive shipments. These services are provided to a diverse customer base, comprising exporters, importers, retailers, farmers, and manufacturers. CN boasts an extensive rail network spanning 19,500 route miles across both Canada and the United States. Additionally, it offers a suite of related services, such as marine vessel and dock operations, transloading and distribution, automotive supply chain solutions, and comprehensive freight forwarding and transport management. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.
| Indicator | 1D | 1W | 2W | 3W | 1M |
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| 1D | 5D | 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Max |
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| +1.29% | +1.24% | +0.26% | +4.69% | +13.15% | +12.92% | +4.57% | -6.29% | +13.48% | +101.62% | +3,473.19% |
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DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.
| Rating | 2026-05 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 5 | 0 |
| Buy | 11 | 0 |
| Hold | 11 | -2 |
| Sell | 1 | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 1 | 0 |
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Revenue growth Railroads: +4.4%+1.5% Q1'26: -0.5% (vs Q1'25)
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EPS growth Railroads: +13.1%+8.0% Q1'26: +1.1% (vs Q1'25)
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FCF margin FCF growth · Railroads: +40.4%+30.0% Q1'26: +18.9% (vs Q1'25)
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EBIT margin Railroads: +14.1%+41.5% ★ Q1'26: +35.4% (vs Q1'25)
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ROIC Railroads: +5.9%+12.6% ★ Q1'26: +10.8% (vs Q1'25)
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Share dilution Railroads: +0.4%-1.7% ★ Q1'26: -2.6% (vs Q1'25)
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Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Railroads: 1.34×2.40× Q1'26: 2.77× (vs Q1'25)
* These projections are based on analyst consensus estimates and user-defined valuation multiples. This table is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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Dec 2014 actual |
Dec 2015 actual |
Dec 2016 actual |
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Dec 2018 actual |
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Dec 2020 actual |
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Dec 2025 actual |
Dec 2026 26 Rev. Ana. 20 EPS Ana. |
Dec 2027 26 Rev. Ana. 21 EPS Ana. |
Dec 2028 13 Rev. Ana. 5 EPS Ana. |
Dec 2029 12 Rev. Ana. 1 EPS Ana. |
Dec 2030 6 Rev. Ana. 1 EPS Ana. |
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| Revenue |
9.03B
est: 9.08B (-0.6%)
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9.92B
est: 10.08B (-1.6%)
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10.58B
est: 10.78B (-1.9%)
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12.13B
est: 12.17B (-0.3%)
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12.61B
est: 12.63B (-0.1%)
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12.04B
est: 12.04B (-0.1%)
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13.04B
est: 13.03B (+0.1%)
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14.32B
est: 14.32B (+0.0%)
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14.92B
est: 14.87B (+0.3%)
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13.82B
est: 13.79B (+0.2%)
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14.48B
est: 14.39B (+0.6%)
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17.11B
est: 17.06B (+0.3%)
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16.83B
est: 17.04B (-1.2%)
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17.05B
est: 17.07B (-0.1%)
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17.30B
est: 17.29B (+0.1%)
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17.95B
17.62B – 18.41B
+3.8% YoY
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18.69B
18.24B – 19.62B
+4.1% YoY
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19.70B
19.70B – 19.71B
+5.4% YoY
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20.93B
20.49B – 21.73B
+6.3% YoY
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21.69B
21.22B – 22.51B
+3.6% YoY
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| EBITDA |
4.58B
est: 3.62B (+26.5%)
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4.61B
est: 4.33B (+6.5%)
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4.85B
est: 4.53B (+7.1%)
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5.67B
est: 4.61B (+23.0%)
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6.42B
est: 5.31B (+20.9%)
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6.54B
est: 5.40B (+21.0%)
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6.84B
est: 6.14B (+11.5%)
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7.12B
est: 4.43B (+60.7%)
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8.00B
est: 6.97B (+14.7%)
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7.65B
est: 5.87B (+30.4%)
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7.61B
est: 6.38B (+19.3%)
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9.07B
est: 6.76B (+34.1%)
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8.89B
est: 8.92B (-0.4%)
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8.67B
est: 8.97B (-3.3%)
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9.12B
est: 9.06B (+0.6%)
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9.40B
9.23B – 9.64B
+3.8% YoY
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9.79B
9.55B – 10.28B
+4.1% YoY
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10.32B
10.32B – 10.32B
+5.4% YoY
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10.97B
10.73B – 11.38B
+6.3% YoY
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11.36B
11.12B – 11.79B
+3.6% YoY
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| EBIT |
3.70B
est: 3.26B (+13.3%)
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3.69B
est: 3.66B (+0.8%)
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3.87B
est: 3.94B (-1.7%)
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4.62B
est: 4.24B (+9.0%)
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5.27B
est: 4.87B (+8.2%)
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5.31B
est: 5.03B (+5.6%)
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5.56B
est: 5.44B (+2.1%)
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5.80B
est: 5.73B (+1.1%)
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6.44B
est: 5.74B (+12.2%)
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6.06B
est: 5.15B (+17.8%)
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6.01B
est: 5.59B (+7.5%)
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7.34B
est: 5.93B (+23.8%)
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7.08B
est: 7.08B (0.0%)
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6.78B
est: 7.11B (-4.7%)
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7.18B
est: 7.18B (-0.1%)
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7.46B
7.32B – 7.65B
+3.8% YoY
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7.76B
7.58B – 8.15B
+4.1% YoY
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8.18B
8.18B – 8.19B
+5.4% YoY
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8.70B
8.51B – 9.03B
+6.3% YoY
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9.01B
8.82B – 9.35B
+3.6% YoY
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| Net Income |
2.46B
est: 2.27B (+8.2%)
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2.68B
est: 2.73B (-1.7%)
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2.61B
est: 2.87B (-8.8%)
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3.17B
est: 2.86B (+10.7%)
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3.54B
est: 3.33B (+6.2%)
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3.64B
est: 3.38B (+7.7%)
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5.48B
est: 3.94B (+39.2%)
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4.33B
est: 6.00B (-27.8%)
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4.22B
est: 4.52B (-6.7%)
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3.55B
est: 3.88B (-8.6%)
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4.90B
est: 4.21B (+16.2%)
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5.12B
est: 4.47B (+14.5%)
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5.63B
est: 5.46B (+3.1%)
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4.45B
est: 4.56B (-2.5%)
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4.72B
est: 4.71B (+0.3%)
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4.91B
4.81B – 5.01B
+4.4% YoY
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5.49B
5.23B – 5.76B
+11.9% YoY
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5.98B
5.84B – 6.12B
+8.8% YoY
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6.59B
6.41B – 6.92B
+10.3% YoY
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7.05B
6.86B – 7.40B
+7.0% YoY
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| SGA |
2.09B
est: 2.14B (-2.6%)
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—
est: 2.26B (-100.0%)
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est: 2.35B (-100.0%)
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est: 2.69B (-100.0%)
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est: 2.79B (-100.0%)
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est: 2.66B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.00B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.23B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.47B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.10B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.36B (-100.0%)
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est: 3.57B (-100.0%)
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est: 231.75M (-100.0%)
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—
est: 232.87M (-100.0%)
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1.18B
est: 235.26M (+400.3%)
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244.19M
239.71M – 250.43M
+3.8% YoY
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254.27M
248.08M – 266.92M
+4.1% YoY
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268.00M
267.93M – 268.06M
+5.4% YoY
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284.78M
278.68M – 295.58M
+6.3% YoY
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295.06M
288.74M – 306.25M
+3.6% YoY
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| EPS |
2.73
est: 2.41 (+13.1%)
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3.08
est: 2.83 (+8.8%)
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3.10
est: 3.11 (-0.3%)
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3.86
est: 3.73 (+3.5%)
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4.42
est: 4.38 (+0.9%)
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4.69
est: 4.59 (+2.3%)
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7.28
est: 5.02 (+45.0%)
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5.89
est: 5.47 (+7.7%)
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5.85
est: 5.74 (+1.8%)
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5.01
est: 5.28 (-5.1%)
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6.91
est: 5.71 (+21.0%)
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7.46
est: 7.48 (-0.2%)
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8.55
est: 8.47 (+1.0%)
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7.02
est: 7.21 (-2.7%)
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7.58
est: 7.52 (+0.8%)
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7.86
7.71 – 8.04
+4.6% YoY
|
8.73
8.38 – 9.23
+11.0% YoY
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9.61
9.36 – 9.82
+10.1% YoY
|
10.57
10.28 – 11.09
+10.0% YoY
|
11.31
11.00 – 11.87
+7.0% YoY
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| Date | Firm | Previous | New Grade | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain |
| Date | Rating | Overall | DCF | ROE | ROA | D/E | P/E | P/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-08 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-07 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-06 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-05 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-04 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-05-01 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-30 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-29 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-28 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-27 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-24 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-23 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-22 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-21 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-20 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-17 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-16 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| 2026-04-15 | B+ | 3/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
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Insider history not available.
No recent insider transactions.
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Executive team
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy A. Robinson | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | 4M | female |
| Patrick Timothy Whitehead | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | 2M | male |
| Ghislain Houle | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | 2M | male |
| Bhushan N. Ivaturi | Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer | 1M | male |
| Janet Drysdale | Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer | 1M | female |
| Francois Belanger | Senior Director of Sustainability | — | male |
| Derek Lachaine | President & Chief Executive Officer of TransX | — | male |
| James Thompson | Senior Vice-President of Operations | — | male |
| Jamie Lockwood | Vice President of Investor Relations & Special Projects | — | male |
| Josée Girard | Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer | — | female |
| Olivier Chouc | Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer | — | male |
| Patrick Lortie | Senior VP & Chief Strategy and Stakeholder Relations Officer | — | male |
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