Just in case somebody's interested in the follies ... all the railroad stocks are down substantially since last month, probably based on rejection of CP by NS and on weak profits/lower traffic, as well as the down market generally ... lower prices, assuming current dividends continue, product higher dividend yield. CP says it will take it's offer to the NS stockholders (i.e. hostile takeover attempt): [
www.reuters.com]
Collected the following data as of yesterday's market close. As far as I can tell, these are ALL of the publicly traded and Class 1 railroads in the US and Canada.
Symbol Name Exch Common Divs? Yield
UNP Union Pacific NY $77.28 Yes 2.85%
CSX CSX Corp NY * $25.72 Yes 2.80%
NSC Norfolk Southern NY $89.44 Yes 2.64%
KSU Kansas City Southern NY $74.63 Yes 1.77%
CP Canadian Pacific NY *** $123.47 Yes 0.85%
CNI Canadian National NY *** $52.73 Yes 1.75%
GWR Genesee & Wyoming NY ** $51.21 No div
PRRR Pioneer Railcorp OTC ^ $7.95 Yes 1.26%
BNSF Private (see BRKa,b) n/a n/a n/a
* Moves to NASDAQ on 12/21/15
** Also on NASDAQ
*** Also on Toronto exchange
^ Pink Sheets