CANADIAN NATL RY CO CNI
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 136375102 · ISIN CA1363751027
Canadian Class I freight railway company
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($491.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $104.23. Options: 19 managers hold calls ($130.0m notional), 16 hold puts ($57.8m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 743 |
| Q4 2022 | 785 |
| Q1 2023 | 793 |
| Q2 2023 | 794 |
| Q3 2023 | 778 |
| Q4 2023 | 827 |
| Q1 2024 | 858 |
| Q2 2024 | 856 |
| Q3 2024 | 854 |
| Q4 2024 | 858 |
| Q1 2025 | 827 |
| Q2 2025 | 823 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 298 | 361 |
| Q4 2023 | 347 | 314 |
| Q1 2024 | 357 | 339 |
| Q2 2024 | 327 | 384 |
| Q3 2024 | 345 | 367 |
| Q4 2024 | 300 | 417 |
| Q1 2025 | 317 | 410 |
| Q2 2025 | 349 | 350 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $99.4m | $83.0m | 0.84 |
| Q4 2024 | $113.1m | $62.1m | 0.55 |
| Q1 2025 | $109.4m | $93.9m | 0.86 |
| Q2 2025 | $130.0m | $57.8m | 0.44 |
Biggest buyers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +29.4m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +6.4m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | New | +1.8m |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +1.5m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Added | +1.4m |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Added | +1.2m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +1.1m |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | Added | +1.0m |
| ClearBridge Investments Ltd | Added | +956.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +833.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -6.4m |
| TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD | Reduced | -3.9m |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | Reduced | -2.1m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -661.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -631.4k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -620.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -607.3k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | Reduced | -513.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $20.0m192.0k shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $18.0m173.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $16.4m157.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $15.2m146.5k shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Reduced | $13.0m124.7k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $7.8m75.2k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $7.4m70.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.3m70.5k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | $7.0m674 shares |
| Ionic Capital Management LLC | New | $6.1m58.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $21.9m210.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $8.9m85.8k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | $7.3m70.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $5.4m52.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $4.0m38.2k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | $2.9m277 shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $1.9m18.7k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $1.7m16.5k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $1.3m12.6k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | $801.1k7.7k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.57% of their portfolio | 56.3m $5.9bn | Added +29.4m |
| GATES FOUNDATION TRUST 11.94% of their portfolio | 54.8m $5.7bn | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 23.9m $2.5bn | Added +761.5k |
| TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD 4.72% of their portfolio | 23.0m $2.4bn | Reduced -3.9m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.42% of their portfolio | 22.5m $2.3bn | Added +6.4m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.75% of their portfolio | 14.2m $1.5bn | Reduced -357.1k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 3.05% of their portfolio | 13.7m $1.4bn | Added +1.2m |
| TD Asset Management Inc 1.07% of their portfolio | 12.1m $1.3bn | Added +274.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.39% of their portfolio | 11.8m $1.2bn | Reduced -298.3k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 1.93% of their portfolio | 10.6m $1.1bn | Reduced -620.5k |
| Capital International Investors 0.19% of their portfolio | 10.5m $1.1bn | Reduced -1.0m |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd 5.49% of their portfolio | 9.2m $961.0m | Added +25.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 1.16% of their portfolio | 8.6m $895.6m | Added +18.4k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.84% of their portfolio | 7.5m $775.2m | Reduced -125.1k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.62% of their portfolio | 6.7m $695.0m | Added +1.4m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.46% of their portfolio | 6.3m $655.8m | Added +1.1m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 6.2m $641.6m | Reduced -472.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.23% of their portfolio | 6.1m $629.9m | Reduced -101.2k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 2.05% of their portfolio | 5.8m $604.0m | Added +330.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 5.7m $594.4m | Reduced -6.4m |
| NORGES BANK 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.7m $591.9m | Added +128.6k |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc 1.71% of their portfolio | 5.2m $544.6m | Added +275.0k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 1.12% of their portfolio | 4.8m $504.0m | Reduced -1.7m |
| FIL Ltd 0.42% of their portfolio | 4.7m $492.6m | Added +1.5m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.4m $460.1m | Added +689.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 4.3m $446.9m | Reduced -13.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 1.55% of their portfolio | 4.2m $440.0m | Added +1.0m |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 2.45% of their portfolio | 4.1m $430.0m | Reduced -127.7k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.32% of their portfolio | 3.6m $378.9m | Added +775.7k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 1.72% of their portfolio | 3.5m $363.3m | Added +312.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.5m $364.0m | Added +833.9k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 1.59% of their portfolio | 3.5m $361.7m | Added +493.0k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.59% of their portfolio | 2.8m $289.0m | Reduced -3.5k |
| Canoe Financial LP 3.88% of their portfolio | 2.6m $272.3m | Added +180.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $265.2m | Reduced -116.0k |
| Harding Loevner LP 1.63% of their portfolio | 2.3m $241.9m | Reduced -70.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $237.3m | Reduced -607.3k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.50% of their portfolio | 2.1m $213.3m | Added +149.5k |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 1.38% of their portfolio | 1.8m $193.3m | Added +44.6k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.8m $189.7m | New |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $187.1m | Reduced -631.4k |
| ClearBridge Investments Ltd 4.04% of their portfolio | 1.8m $184.1m | Added +956.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $183.3m | Reduced -16.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.6m $168.5m | Added +102.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.5m $158.8m | Added +64.9k |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP 1.60% of their portfolio | 1.5m $155.1m | Reduced -339.7k |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA 1.31% of their portfolio | 1.4m $148.3m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd 3.92% of their portfolio | 1.4m $143.4m | Reduced -23.0k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.31% of their portfolio | 1.4m $142.2m | Added +111.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $137.2m | Added +166.2k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.3m $137.3m | Added +16.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $129.8m | Added +37.5k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $122.4m | Added +32.0k |
| Amundi 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $134.3m | Reduced -191.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 1.1m $118.3m | Added +633.1k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 2.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $112.1m | Added +22.8k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.63% of their portfolio | 1.0m $108.4m | Added +113.4k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.0m $106.8m | Reduced -215.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $104.7m | Added +31.1k |
| MUFG SECURITIES (CANADA), LTD. 2.97% of their portfolio | 937.6k $97.6m | Added +94.1k |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments 2.70% of their portfolio | 907.8k $94.2m | Added +11.5k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 899.3k $93.6m | Added +87.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 823.4k $85.7m | Added +218.9k |
| MANNING & NAPIER ADVISORS LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 820.1k $85.3m | Reduced -39.8k |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. 5.42% of their portfolio | 802.3k $83.6m | Added +71.4k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.44% of their portfolio | 800.5k $97.4m | Added +153.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 749.1k $77.9m | Added +235.1k |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 2.38% of their portfolio | 731.4k $76.2m | Added +22.0k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.27% of their portfolio | 718.1k $74.7m | Added +52.2k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.72% of their portfolio | 708.8k $73.7m | Reduced -3.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.05% of their portfolio | 655.8k $68.2m | Added +54.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 618.8k $64.4m | Added +22.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 611.7k $63.6m | Reduced -422.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 599.0k $62.3m | Added +323.7k |
| QV Investors Inc. 6.03% of their portfolio | 591.0k $61.5m | Added +85.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 583.2k $60.8m | Added +91.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 575.9k $59.9m | Reduced -63.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 565.9k $58.9m | Reduced -7.8k |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. 4.50% of their portfolio | 553.9k $57.6m | Added +655 |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. 2.11% of their portfolio | 520.8k $54.2m | Added +10.9k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 519.5k $54.0m | Added +253.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.09% of their portfolio | 517.9k $71.9m | Added +160.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 514.8k $53.6m | Added +57.0k |
| INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 1.76% of their portfolio | 498.5k $51.9m | Reduced -120.0k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 497.1k $51.7m | Reduced -89.8k |
| Addenda Capital Inc. 2.39% of their portfolio | 469.3k $66.6m | Added +38.3k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.08% of their portfolio | 456.8k $47.2m | Reduced -173 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 424.3k $44.2m | Added +183.9k |
| Partners Group Holding AG 2.16% of their portfolio | 418.4k $43.5m | Reduced -60.7k |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd 4.80% of their portfolio | 417.1k $43.4m | Added +8.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 416.2k $42.0m | Reduced -110.6k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 403.5k $42.0m | Added +60.7k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 400.4k $41.7m | Added +25.1k |
| CIDEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 2.49% of their portfolio | 399.3k $41.5m | Added +7.9k |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 0.54% of their portfolio | 384.3k $40.0m | Added +280 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 384.2k $40.0m | Added +94 |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.10% of their portfolio | 382.9k $33.9m | Added +10.8k |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. 0.98% of their portfolio | 377.7k $39.3m | Added +36.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.06% of their portfolio | 375.7k $39.0m | Added +187 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 374.9k $39.0m | Reduced -476.3k |