CN gains from pipeline shortage

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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $116 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 740.2 million; Market cap: $85.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.5; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) continues to benefit from rising crude oil production and a lack of new pipeline capacity. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the company transported 155,000 carloads of petroleum products (crude oil, refined products and chemicals). That’s up 4.0% from 149,000 carloads in the year-earlier quarter. Thanks to higher shipping rates, revenue from petroleum products rose 12.2%, and accounted for 17% of CN’s total revenue. The stock is up 15% in the past year. Even so, shares still trade at a reasonable 21.3 times CN’s projected 2018 earnings of $5.44 a share. CN Rail is a buy. buy…