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Location

935 De La Gauchetiere Street West
Montreal Quebec
H3B 2M9
Canada

Phone: +1 514 3995736

Fax: +1 514 3993779

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Business Summary

Canadian National Railway Company(CN). Operates rail transportations and delivers products to customers including industrial , forest , grain and grain products, coal, sulphur and fertilizers, intermodal and automotive. Grain and fertilizers accounted for 21% of 2000 revenues; forest products ,19%; Intermodal, 17%; petroleum and chemicals, 16%; automotive, 10%; metals and minerals, 7%; coal, 6% and other items, 4%.

Industry: Freight Forwarders
Employees: 22,457

Officers:
David G.A. Mclean - Chairman
Paul M. Tellier - President & Chief Executive
Claude Mongeau - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
E. Hunter Harrison - Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Sean Finn - Secretary

Statistics at a Glance -- CNR.TO(in Canadian Dollars)

(updated 28-Dec-01)

Share Information
Recent Price	$78.31
Year To Date High	$78.60
Year To Date Low	$42.50
Beta	.14
Daily Volume	4.89B
Market Capitalization	$15.0B
Shares Outstanding	191.7M
Valuation Ratios - 2000
Price/Earnings TTM	15.30
Price/Book	2.49
Price/Sales	2.80
Price/Cash Flow	8.10
Price/Capex	25.18
Dividend Yield TTM	1.00%
Per-Share Data - 2000
Book Value	$31.47
Cash	$0.10
Dividend TTM	$0.78
Sales	$27.93
Earnings	$3.90
Income Statement - 2000
Sales	$5.45B
EBITDA	$1.94B
Operating Profit	$1.39B
Interest Expense	$306.0M
Interest Income	$95.0M
Net Income	$761.0M

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow - 2000
Cash	$19.0M
Short Term Debt	$434.0M
Long Term Debt	$3.89B
Total Debt	$4.32B
Shareholder's Equity	$5.37B
Depreciation	$421.0M
Capex	$607.0M
Management Effectiveness - 2000
Return on Assets	6.60%
Return on Equity	14.69%
Return on Investment	17.93%
Financial Strength - 2000
LT Debt/Equity	72.35%
Total Debt/Equity	80.43%
LT Debt/Total Capitalization	40.55%
Ratio Analysis - 2000
Gross Profit Margin	56.17%
EBITDA Margin	35.64%
Operating Margin	25.43%
Net Income Margin	14.18%
Capex as % of Sales	11.15%
Quick Ratio	.40
Inventory Turnover	17.40
Stock Performance
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