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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (CP) vs Freightcar America, Inc. (RAIL)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and Freightcar America, Inc. are both Railroads companies. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited is the larger, with a market value of $74.2B against $202.3M — 366.5× the size. Freightcar America, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited trades at 27.1×. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.57% against −0.50%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited has the higher net margin (25.0% vs −2.69%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.91% vs 14.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Freightcar America, Inc. leads on 11 and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited on 10.

Valuation

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
P/E 27.07 n/m 27.09
P/S 6.70 0.43 2.51
P/B 2.18 5.54 4.30
Price to free cash flow 42.54 11.21 26.74
EV/EBITDA 16.64 9.80 13.25
EV/Sales 8.30 0.51 4.52
Earnings yield 3.69% (6.69%) 3.66%
Free cash flow yield 2.35% 8.92% 3.37%

Profitability

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
Gross margin 69.79% 12.50% 30.61%
Operating margin 36.73% 3.77% 24.29%
Net margin 24.99% (2.69%) 10.59%
Free cash flow margin 15.74% 3.86% 8.43%
Return on equity 8.16% 52.80% 11.49%
Return on assets 4.43% (4.13%) 3.98%
Return on invested capital 4.91% 14.75% 7.59%

Growth

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.57% (0.50%) 2.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.38% 144.18% 13.08%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.40% 35.81% 5.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.19% 0.00% 0.88%

Health

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
Debt to equity 0.53 2.78 0.58
Current ratio 0.59 1.81 1.03
Net debt to EBITDA 3.02 1.07 2.71

Dividend

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
Dividend yield 0.84% — 1.70%
Payout ratio 0.23 — 0.37

Size

Metric CP RAIL Railroads median
Market cap 74.15b 202.32m 2.02b

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