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CAGR since 2000 due almost entirely to
growth in revenue per carload (aka yields: +3.2% CAGR) as carload growth has
been somewhat limited (+0.3% CAGR). CNI's yield growth reflects ... Revenue for CP is fairly straight forward at a high level - volume (measured in
carloads) and yield (measured in avg. revenue per carload). Carload yields can vary
significantly depending ... core/underlying price, fuel surcharges, and currency. In 2016,
CP moved just over 2.5M carloads earning an average of CS2,400 in revenue/
carload. Below we highlight CP's exposure
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Railroads
Canadian Rails
Total carload volumes have increased at a 0.3% CAGR since 2000, but declined
0.4% CAGR since 2006. The decline has largely been driven by sulphur ... forest products (-6.9% CAGR) which offset solid
growth in industrial and consumer product carloads (5.9% CAGR). Interestingly,
however, those commodities which saw the largest carload declines exhibited the
strongest yield ... increased 5.9% CAGR - as CP elected to move more profitable
freight. Overall revenue per carload has increased at a 3.6% CAGR since 2006.
In the figures below we provide historical
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other railroad companies) is fairly straight
forward at a high level - volume (measured in carloads) x yield (measured in
average revenue per carload). Revenue at CNI has increased ... discussed above, revenue (at a high level) has essentially two inputs
- carloads and yield (rev/carload). Carload yields can vary pretty significantly
depending on a number of factors including ... core/underlying price, fuel surcharges, and currency. In 2016, CNI
moved just over 5.2M carloads earning an average of C$2,176 in revenue per
carload. Below we highlight
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local railroads. Total rail volumes in North America last year totaled roughly 35
million carloads (including intermodal) with 26.1M originating in the U.S. (76%),
6.8M in Canada ... type (ex-
intermodal)
Other
4% & Food
Products
Nonmetallic minerals 16%
ChemF &
13%
• U.S. Carloads Petroleum
17%
• Canada Carloads Autos & parts
7%
Mexico Carloads
Metallic ores & metals
8%
Forest products ... Sane tialsch• &RR Meacomon Meek••nRita* (Mat Sams Evuradrio Set MR
The carload breakdown, however, doesn't tell us the full story. While Intermodal
volumes make up roughly half
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One driver of profit variation is yield differentials (i.e. revenue per unit or carload).
For example, if we look at CNI, which has the lowest operating ratio ... below, the companies with a larger percentage of revenue
coming from higher yielding carloads typically see a lower operating ratio. While
this does not entirely account for margin differentials (carloads
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miles
vs. the company avg. of 853 - which translates to a lower revenue per carload
- C$1,990 vs. company avg. of C$2,400. The remainder ... that point, coal revenue fell
5.2% yoy in 2016 amidst a 5.7% decline in carloads.
[Figure 89: Coal revenue as a % of Total Revenue The outlook for coal
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certain
commodities
such as agricultural products, coal, and auto's are weighing on overall
carload
growth. However, demand for intermodal, which is more truck competitive, has
been growing steadily ... expected to remain strong in 2018 amidst tight
truck
capacity.
Figure 13: Carload traffic ex-intermodal has been
somewhat constrained due to weakness in ag, coal, and
auto
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certain commodities
such as agricultural products, coal, and auto's are weighing on overall carload
growth. However, demand for intermodal, which is more truck competitive, has
been growing steadily ... expected to remain strong in 2018 amidst tight truck
capacity.
Figure 13: Carload traffic ex-intermodal has been Figure 14: While Interrnodal traffic (more truck.
somewhat constrained due to weakness
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