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CP vs NSC
Side-by-side comparison of Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CP and NSC operate in Railroads (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- CP is the larger of the two at $80.24B, about 1.1x NSC ($70.40B).
- Over the past year, CP is up 10.2% and NSC is up 25.1% - NSC leads by 14.9 points.
- NSC has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for CP).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
- Norfolk Southern Corporation
- Price
- $89.98+0.54%
- $313.49+2.07%
- Market cap
- $80.24B
- $70.40B
- 1M return
- +4.66%
- -1.30%
- 1Y return
- +10.19%
- +25.13%
- Industry
- Railroads
- Railroads
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 4
- 14
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a transcontinental freight railway in Canada and the United States. The company transports bulk commodities, including grain, coal, potash, fertilizers, and sulphur; and merchandise freight, such as energy, chemicals and plastics, metals, minerals and consumer, automotive, and forest products. It also transports intermodal traffic comprising retail goods in overseas containers. The company offers rail and intermodal transportation services through a network of approximately 13,000 miles serving business centers in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada; and the United States Northeast and Midwest regions. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods in the United States. The company transports industrial products, including agriculture, forest and consumer products, chemicals, and metals and construction materials; and coal, automobiles, and automotive parts. It also transports overseas freight through various Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports; and provides commuter passenger services. As of December 31, 2020, the company operated approximately 19,300 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Norfolk Southern Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Norfolk, Virginia.
Latest CP
- CPKC sets new May monthly grain record
- CPKC to maintain rail operations across Canada during IBEW strike
- CPKC receives 72-hour strike notice from IBEW
- CPKC executives to present at Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference
- CPKC CEO Keith Creel statement on UP-NS merger application refiling
- CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel to address 2026 Wolfe Research Global Transportation & Industrials Conference
- CPKC EVP and CMO John Brooks to address the RBC Capital Markets Canadian Industrials Conference on May 19
- CSX, CPKC upgrade Southeast Mexico Express with dedicated train, faster transit times
- CPKC sets new April monthly grain records
- SEC Form 8-K filed by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Latest NSC
- Norfolk Southern Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure
- Norfolk Southern Names Brian Barr Chief Operating Officer
- Creating America's First Transcontinental Railroad: STB Accepts Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Application
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Davidson Phillip S
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Jones Christopher T
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Donadio Marcela E
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Lamphere Gilbert H
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Debiase Francesca A.
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Heitkamp Mary Kathryn
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Fahmy Sameh