Q1 2018

A Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI) divulgou seus resultados trimestrais na segunda-feira, 23 de abril. Informou US $ 1,00 EPS para o trimestre, superando as estimativas de consenso dos analistas, que eram de US $ 0,80, por US $ 0,20. A empresa de transporte faturou US $ 3,19 bilhões durante o trimestre, ao passo que as expectativas dos analistas er de US $ 3,16 bilhões. A Canadian National Railway teve um retorno sobre o patrimônio de 23,02% e uma margem líquida de 41,03%. A receita da empresa caiu 0,4% na comparação ano a ano. Durante o mesmo trimestre no ano anterior, a empresa gerou US $ 1,15 EPS.


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Primeiro trimestre bem fraco.
"Financial results highlights
First-quarter 2018 compared to first-quarter 2017
• Net income decreased by 16 per cent to C$741 million, and diluted earnings per share
(EPS) decreased by 14 per cent (or 13 per cent on an adjusted basis (1)) to C$1.00.
• Operating income decreased by 16 per cent to C$1,030 million.
• Revenues for the first quarter totaled C$3,194 million, a decrease of C$12 million.
• Revenue ton-miles (RTMs) declined by four per cent and carloadings increased by three
per cent.
• Operating expenses increased by nine per cent to C$2,164 million.
• Operating ratio of 67.8 per cent, an increase of 6.0 points.
• Free cash flow (1) for the first quarter of 2018 was C$322 million, compared with C$848
million for the year-earlier period."

Mas aparentemente, ainda prevêem que o ano será melhor que o anterior:

"Revised 2018 financial outlook (2)
Due to weaker than expected RTMs in the first quarter and a longer than anticipated
construction period needed for significant infrastructure capacity projects in 2018, CN now aims
to deliver 2018 adjusted diluted EPS in the range of C$5.10 to C$5.25 versus last year’s adjusted
diluted EPS of C$4.99 (compared to its initial financial outlook, which called for adjusted diluted
EPS in the range of C$5.25 to C$5.40 this year). (1)"