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Canadian National Railway cash flow statement 1995–2026

Canadian National Railway's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 3.81B CAD: operating cash flow of 6.96B CAD less 3.15B CAD of capital spending. That is 20.9% of its revenue and 6.25 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
4.82B4.72B4.45B5.63B5.12B4.90B3.55B4.22B4.33B5.48B3.64B
Depreciation and amortization
1.91B1.94B1.89B1.82B1.73B1.60B1.59B1.56B1.33B1.28B1.23B
Stock-based compensation
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Change in working capital
247.01M466.62M92.00M-53.00M-411.00M147.00M129.00M-560.00M182.00M143.00M-35.00M
Change in receivables
-113.97M91.93M205.00M71.00M-290.00M-22.00M158.00M-7.00M-91.00M-125.00M-3.00M
Change in inventory
-95.79M-23.98M-6.00M-18.00M-82.00M-7.00M20.00M-60.00M-120.00M-70.00M-2.00M
Change in payables
164.72M219.82M-107.00M-191.00M-9.00M141.00M-49.00M-498.00M379.00M418.00M-51.00M
Change in other working capital
292.05M178.85M0.0085.00M-30.00M35.00M0.005.00M14.00M-80.00M21.00M
Other non-cash items
-383.50M-411.25M-58.00M-136.00M-173.00M-186.00M421.00M136.00M-448.00M-197.00M-332.00M
Operating cash flow
6.96B7.04B6.70B6.97B6.67B6.97B6.17B5.92B5.92B5.52B5.20B
Operating cash flow growth
+2.09%+5.14%-3.82%+4.47%-4.36%+13.07%+4.09%+0.08%+7.29%+6.04%+1.21%
Capital expenditure
-3.15B-3.66B-3.55B-3.19B-2.75B-2.89B-2.86B-3.87B-3.53B-2.67B-2.70B
Acquisitions
—0.000.00-390.00M0.00-22.00M-8.00M-259.00M0.000.000.00
Purchases of investments
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Sales and maturities of investments
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Other investing
-9.41M-54.96M-58.00M109.00M240.00M40.00M-75.00M-66.00M127.00M-65.00M40.00M
Investing cash flow
-3.07B-3.71B-3.61B-3.47B-2.51B-2.87B-2.95B-4.19B-3.40B-2.74B-2.66B
Debt issued (repaid)
1.35B906.26M1.06B3.21B2.08B-392.00M-705.00M1.39B974.00M454.00M691.00M
Shares issued
92.53M55.95M0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Share buybacks
-2.61B-2.12B-2.65B-4.58B-4.81B-1.61B-402.00M-1.74B-2.05B-2.10B-2.07B
Dividends paid
-2.20B-2.21B-2.14B-2.07B-2.00B-1.74B-1.63B-1.54B-1.33B-1.24B-1.16B
Other financing
-5.63M-6.00M104.00M36.00M72.00M-117.00M34.00M-7.00M105.00M-14.00M-4.00M
Financing cash flow
-3.37B-3.37B-3.62B-3.41B-4.67B-3.86B-2.71B-1.90B-2.31B-2.90B-2.54B
Net change in cash
504.59M-19.65M-523.00M90.00M-507.00M241.00M512.00M-171.00M206.00M-119.00M-4.00M
Free cash flow
3.81B3.39B3.15B3.78B3.92B4.08B3.30B2.06B2.39B2.84B2.51B
Free cash flow growth
+10.69%+7.56%-16.62%-3.55%-4.00%+23.56%+60.45%-13.78%-16.04%+13.40%+3.00%
Free cash flow margin
20.89%19.60%18.48%22.45%22.90%28.18%23.89%13.80%16.67%21.80%20.83%
Free cash flow per share
6.255.434.965.735.695.744.632.863.243.753.22
Free cash flow per share growth
+13.75%+9.43%-13.39%+0.72%-0.93%+24.03%+61.83%-11.56%-13.81%+16.68%+6.42%
Interest paid
—979.00M926.00M776.00M542.00M512.00M551.00M521.00M488.00M477.00M470.00M
Income taxes paid
—935.00M1.22B1.20B1.29B759.00M353.00M822.00M776.00M712.00M653.00M

Figures in CAD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about Canadian National Railway's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings