MONTREAL — CN reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31.
— Net income increased 21 per cent from the year-earlier quarter to C$511 million, with diluted earnings per share (EPS) rising 20 percent to C$1.08. The results included an after-tax gain of C$131 million, or C$0.28 per diluted share, from a rail-line sale to a Toronto-area transit agency.
— Excluding the gain on the rail-line sale, CN reported adjusted diluted first-quarter 2010 EPS of C$0.80, compared with adjusted diluted EPS of C$0.64 for the same quarter of 2009.
— Revenues increased six per cent to C$1,965 million, while carloadings rose 16 per cent and revenue ton-miles increased 14 percent.
— Operating income increased 25 per cent to C$603 million.
— CN’s operating ratio was 69.3 per cent, compared with an adjusted operating ratio of 71.7 per cent for first-quarter 2009.
— Free cash flow increased to C$493 million from C$207 million for the year-earlier period.(1)
