With all the discussion (and dissing) of CP, they're still a Wall Street darling. 2nd highest P/E ratio of the Class 1s (after CN), though still below the transportation industry's average of over 20. In typical Wall Street measures, CP looks good otherwise too, with Earnings per Share of 6.15 (only UP & NS come close). EPS, of course, can be affected by extraordinary income and limited numbers of shares. And CP's dividend ratio of less than 1% indicates, relative to most railroads, a more speculative investment which goes with the high P/E. CN, though is the real speculative darling with a P/E over 17 and the 2nd lowest EPS of the Class 1s - wonder if there's some churning going on over there too? GWR, of course, is the pure play since it pays no dividends.

BTW, like the rest of the market, everybody except (for some reason) PWX is down a bunch so far this year. Mid-December report, for comparison, was at [www.altamontpress.com]

Anyway, here's today's data:

                                                                Div     P/E     EPS 
Date	        Symbol	Name	                Exch	Common	Yield	(TTM)	(TTM)
01/19/16	UNP	Union Pacific	        NY	$74.10	2.97%	12.80	5.79	
01/19/16	CSX	CSX Corp	        NASDAQ	$22.73	3.16%	11.30	2.01	
01/19/16	NSC	Norfolk Southern	NY	$71.85	3.29%	12.91	5.56	
01/19/16	KSU	Kansas City Southern	NY	$65.88	1.95%	15.39	4.40	
01/19/16	CP	Canadian Pacific	NY ***	$106.92	0.97%	16.96	6.15	
01/19/16	CNI	Canadian National	NY ***	$49.22	1.85%	17.07	2.92	
01/19/16	GWR	Genesee & Wyoming	NY **	$44.74	none	11.84	3.97	
01/19/16	PWX	Providence & Worcester	NASDAQ	$13.70	1.17%	21.48	0.94	
01/19/16	PRRR	Pioneer Railcorp	OTC ^	$7.79	1.34%	16.95	0.44
                                                ** Also on NASDAQ
                                               *** Also on Toronto
                                                 ^ Pink Sheets