Which is more profitable, Canadian Pacific Kansas City or Union Pacific?

Union Pacific keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Canadian Pacific Kansas City or Union Pacific?

Canadian Pacific Kansas City grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Canadian Pacific Kansas City or Union Pacific?

Union Pacific costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Canadian Pacific Kansas City or Union Pacific?

Union Pacific would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Canadian Pacific Kansas City vs Union Pacific stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Canadian Pacific Kansas City grows faster. Union Pacific is more profitable, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Canadian Pacific Kansas City	Union Pacific
	$81.9 billion	$180 billion
	27.5%	29.1%
	+19.6%	+4.6%
	28.2×	25.2×
	2.8 years	2.4 years
	7.4%	16.5%
	0.7%	2.1%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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